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On 27/03/14 02:10, Clint Byrum wrote:
> This is an issue that affects all of our git repos. If you are using
> oslo.config, you will likely also be using the sample config generator.
> 
> However, for some reason we are all checking this generated file in.
> This makes no sense, as we humans are not editting it, and it often
> picks up config files from other things like libraries (keystoneclient
> in particular). This has lead to breakage in the gate a few times for
> Heat, perhaps for others as well.
> 
> I move that we all rm this file from our git trees, and start generating
> it as part of the install/dist process (I have no idea how to do
> this..). This would require:
> 
> - rm sample files and add them to .gitignore in all trees
> - Removing check_uptodate.sh from all trees/tox.ini's
> - Generating file during dist/install process.
> 
> Does anyone disagree?

/me raises hand

When I was an operator, I regularly referred to the sample config files
in the git repository.

If there weren't generated versions of the sample config in the repo, I
would probably grep the code (not an ideal user experience!). Running
some random script that I don't know about the existence and might
depend on having something else installed of is probably not something
that would happen.


Regards,


Tom