[openstack-dev] [Ironic] [OSC] Quick poll: OpenStackClient command for provision action

Dmitry Tantsur dtantsur at redhat.com
Tue Nov 10 09:50:14 UTC 2015


On 11/10/2015 10:28 AM, Lucas Alvares Gomes wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Let's have a quick poll, which would you prefer and why:
>>
>> 1. openstack baremetal provision state --provide UUID
>> 2. openstack baremetal provision --provide UUID
>> 3. openstack baremetal provide UUID
>> 4. openstack baremetal set provision state --provide UUID
>> 5. openstack baremetal set state --provide UUID
>> 6. openstack baremetal action --provide UUID
>
> I know very little about OSC and it's syntax, but what I would do in
> this case is to follow the same syntax as the command that changes the
> power state of the nodes. Apparently the power state command proposed
> [1] follows the syntax:
>
> $ openstack baremetal power --on | --off <UUID>
>
> I would expect provision state to follow the same, perhaps
>
> $ openstack baremetal provision --provide | --active | ... <UUID>
>
> So my vote goes to make both power and provision state syntax
> consistent. (Which currently is the option # 2, but none patches are
> merged yet)

It's still not 100% consistent, "power" is a noun, "provision" is a 
verb. Not sure it matters, though, adding OSC folks so that they can 
weigh in.

>
> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/172517/28
>
> Cheers,
> Lucas
>
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