[openstack-dev] [Fuel][Plugins] Feedback

Sebastian Kalinowski skalinowski at mirantis.com
Thu Jul 30 13:02:29 UTC 2015


2015-07-30 14:50 GMT+02:00 Evgeniy L <eli at mirantis.com>:

> Hi Sheena,
>
> Created ticket to change the structure of the directories [1].
> And as far as I know any core can push tags into the repository,
> Sebastian, Igor and I.
>

One correction: I'm not a core in fuel-plugins ;)


>
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel/+bug/1479785
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Sheena Gregson <sgregson at mirantis.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Evgeniy –
>>
>>
>>
>> For the items which you have listed actions, who should be responsible
>> for next steps?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sheena
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Evgeniy L [mailto:eli at mirantis.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:54 AM
>> *To:* OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) <
>> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [openstack-dev] [Fuel][Plugins] Feedback
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Sergii, thank you for feedback,
>>
>>
>>
>> >> c. There is no documentation how to install fpb from github master
>> branch. It's very useful for developers who want to use latest version. We
>> should add something
>>
>>
>>
>> We had a documentation, but removed it because the newer fpb was released,
>>
>> probably we should add this information permanently [1].
>>
>>
>>
>> >> a. We are doing the same mistake putting all things into one basket.
>> There should be 2 repositories. One for examples and one for fpb. What's
>> the goal of keeping fpb in directory and examples on top?
>>
>>
>>
>> These plugins are the data which are required for integration testing,
>>
>> we test that plugin build is not broken, which we run when patch gets
>>
>> published. I see nothing wrong with having the data for integration
>> testing
>>
>> in the same repository with product which should be tested.
>>
>> Also in previous release we *removed* all the plugins which are not
>>
>> related to the builder itself, lbaas and glusterfs.
>>
>>
>>
>> >> This breaks a couple of things
>>
>>
>>
>> Having data for testing in the repository doesn't break anything.
>>
>>
>>
>> >> b. I cannot build fpm with simple
>>
>>
>>
>> That is a good point, we should move code from fuel_plugin_builder
>> directory
>>
>> on top level, and move data for testing into examples directory.
>>
>>
>>
>> >> c. There is no tags as I can see only stable/6.0
>>
>>
>>
>> Correct, tags should be added.
>>
>>
>>
>> >> d. There are no tests to improve code quality pep8 flask8, code
>> coverage
>>
>>
>>
>> That is not true, there are more then one hundreds unit tests which we run
>>
>> for each patch with python 2.6 and python 2.7, also there are integration
>> tests
>>
>> which check that for each patch we don't break validation and that we can
>>
>> build plugins for previous versions. Plus there are functional tests
>> which are
>>
>> written by fuel-qa team, those tests check that we perform deployment
>>
>> with plugins and required functionality works correctly. Also there *is*
>> pep8
>>
>> check [2].
>>
>>
>>
>> >> e. Repository doesn't follow community standards.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think this issue should be resolved with moving fuel_plugin_builder
>> directory
>>
>> on level higher, if not, please provide more specific description what is
>> wrong.
>>
>>
>>
>> >> 3. Setting tab ...
>>
>>
>>
>> Agree.
>>
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://wiki.openstack.org/w/index.php?title=Fuel%2FPlugins&diff=78677&oldid=78204
>>
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/stackforge/fuel-plugins/blob/master/fuel_plugin_builder/tox.ini#L17-L21
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Sergii Golovatiuk <
>> sgolovatiuk at mirantis.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have started digging into plugins recently. There are many positive
>> things though I would like to point to some problem areas
>>
>> 1. Documentation
>>
>> a. It doesn't include the features of 7.0. There are many outstanding
>> features, though I needed to ping the developers to ask how these features
>> work. It means that it's almost impossible to develop plugins for upcoming
>> releases. The external developer needs to wait for documentation so it
>> creates a lag between release and plugin release.
>>
>> b. in [1] the statement about 'For Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS' should be extended
>> to 14.04. Also we don't need to add PATCH version as 12.04.2 is equivalent
>> to 12.04
>>
>> c. There is no documentation how to install fpb from github master
>> branch. It's very useful for developers who want to use latest version. We
>> should add something
>>
>> 2. Github repository [2] is messed up
>>
>> a. We are doing the same mistake putting all things into one basket.
>> There should be 2 repositories. One for examples and one for fpb. What's
>> the goal of keeping fpb in directory and examples on top? This breaks a
>> couple of things
>>
>> b. I cannot build fpm with simple
>>
>> pip install git+https://
>>
>> Instead I am forced to do
>>
>> git clone https://
>>
>> cd fuel-plugins
>>
>> pip install .
>>
>>
>>
>> c. There is no tags as I can see only stable/6.0
>>
>> d. There are no tests to improve code quality pep8 flask8, code coverage
>>
>> e. Repository doesn't follow community standards.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. Setting tab
>>
>> When plugin is installed, it's very hard to find in. In setting tab it's
>> somewhere between A and Z
>>
>> How is user supposed to find it? There should be a separator between Core
>> features and plugins. User must easily find, configure, enable/disable them.
>>
>> P.S. I am asking everyone to add own concerns so we'll be able to make a
>> plan how to address them.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Fuel/Plugins#Installation
>> [2] https://github.com/stackforge/fuel-plugins
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Sergii Golovatiuk,
>> Skype #golserge
>> IRC #holser
>>
>>
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