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Hi Gabriel,

thanks for joining the conversation. It is a quite old discussion that was
also discussed at the Atlanta design summit, and it seems that the moment
this to happen had finally come. It is always nice to hear the opinion of a
real Django core developer.

Just a follow-up from the discussions in Atlanta for those who didn't
attend - as long as there are some new Web UI projects in OpenStack, it is
a good reason to make a common web framework that to be used for all
projects(something like a common layer on top of Django, to be used from
different projects), which will need to only add their custom logic and
views. Currently there is a lot of duplicate and similar code in different
projects that could be unified. Also this will make it very easy to add new
openstack-related dashboard sites, keeping it consistent to other sites,
hence easier contribution from other project developers.

Back on the naming thing - since Horizon from the very beginning keeps the
common files(base templates and scripts), isn't it better to keep it's
name?. Since Horizon is the "base"" on which the different Dashboard
projects will be built over, I'd propose a kind of broader naming concept -
what comes on the horizon? A *Rainbow*? A *Storm*? This would allow the
easy selection of new names when needed, and all will be related to Horizon
in some way. I'm not sure if this makes sense, but I personally like when
project names have something in common :)

About the plan - it seems reasonable for me, count me in for the big rush.



On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Gabriel Hurley
<Gabriel.Hurley at nebula.com>wrote:

> It's sort of a silly point, but as someone who would likely consume the
> split-off package outside of the OpenStack context, please give it a proper
> name instead of "django_horizon". The module only works in Django, the name
> adds both clutter and confusion, and it's against the Django community's
> conventions to have the python import name be prefixed with "django_".
>
> If the name "horizon" needs to stay with the reference implementation of
> the dashboard rather than keeping it with the framework as-is that's fine,
> but choose a new real name for the framework code.
>
> Just to get the ball rolling, and as a nod to the old-timers, I'll propose
> the runner up in the original naming debate: "bourbon". ;-)
>
> If there are architectural questions I can help with in this process let
> me know. I'll try to keep an eye on the progress as it goes.
>
> All the best,
>
>    - Gabriel
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Radomir Dopieralski [mailto:openstack at sheep.art.pl]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:55 AM
> > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
> > Subject: [openstack-dev] [horizon][infra] Plan for the splitting of
> Horizon into
> > two repositories
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > we plan to finally do the split in this cycle, and I started some
> preparations for
> > that. I also started to prepare a detailed plan for the whole operation,
> as it
> > seems to be a rather big endeavor.
> >
> > You can view and amend the plan at the etherpad at:
> > https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/horizon-split-plan
> >
> > It's still a little vague, but I plan to gradually get it more detailed.
> > All the points are up for discussion, if anybody has any good ideas or
> > suggestions, or can help in any way, please don't hesitate to add to this
> > document.
> >
> > We still don't have any dates or anything -- I suppose we will work that
> out
> > soonish.
> >
> > Oh, and great thanks to all the people who have helped me so far with
> it, I
> > wouldn't even dream about trying such a thing without you. Also thanks in
> > advance to anybody who plans to help!
> >
> > --
> > Radomir Dopieralski
> >
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Regards,
Tihomir Trifonov
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