[openstack-dev] [Fuel] Get rid of fuelmenu

Mike Scherbakov mscherbakov at mirantis.com
Wed Jul 29 04:08:56 UTC 2015


Guys,
how do we deal with use case provide in this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel/7.0.x/+bug/1438658
?
Looks like Fuel Menu can't solve this one. Is there workaround possible
(even with worse UX)?

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 5:26 AM Vladimir Kozhukalov <
vkozhukalov at mirantis.com> wrote:

> Guys, thanks a lot for your opinions. Now it is quite clear for me that
> vim+text UX is definitely not our way even though many developers (not all)
> prefer this.
>
> Vladimir Kozhukalov
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Fabrizio Soppelsa <
> fsoppelsa at mirantis.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hello Vladimir, from me -1.
>>
>> We can discuss if enable fuelmenu=yes or not in grub, but I wouldn't get
>> rid of it. I've never heard complaints against fuelmenu from users, and
>> it's widely used for basic settings afterinstall.
>>
>> If the users had to manually edit another configuration file, should they
>> remember to run a validator tool over it every time after editing the file?
>> Or do we add a futher layer that invokes $EDITOR and after :wq, some
>> validator performs a check...? IMO that's poor UX, and why reimplement it,
>> in fuelmenu there are already nice fixed choices and check commands that
>> restricts potential human mistakes.
>>
>> F.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/23/2015 04:23 AM, Vladimir Kozhukalov wrote:
>>
>>  Dear colleagues,
>>
>>  What do you think of getting rid of fuelmenu and substituting it with
>> thoroughly commented text file + some validation + vim? The major pro of
>> this is that text file is easier to extend and edit. Many people prefer vim
>> UX instead of wandering through the semi-graphical interface. And it is not
>> so hard to implement syntax and logic checking for the text file.
>>
>>  Please give your opinions about this.
>>
>>  Vladimir Kozhukalov
>>
>>
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