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On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Matt Riedemann
<mriedem at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Between patch set 1 and patch set 3 here [1] we have different solutions to
> the same issue, which is if you don't specify a spacing value for periodic
> tasks then they run whenever the periodic task processor runs, which is
> non-deterministic and can be staggered if some tasks don't complete in a
> reasonable amount of time.
>
> I'm bringing this to the mailing list to see if there are more opinions out
> there, especially from operators, since patch set 1 changes the default

You may get more feedback from operators on the main openstack list.
I'm still catching up on backlog after the summit, so apologies if
you've already posted there.

Doug

> behavior to have the spacing value be the DEFAULT_INTERVAL (hard-coded 60
> seconds) versus patch set 3 which makes that behavior configurable so the
> admin can set global default spacing for tasks, but defaults to the current
> behavior of running every time if not specified.
>
> I don't like a new config option, but I'm also not crazy about changing
> existing behavior without consensus.
>
> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/93767/
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Riedemann
>
>
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