[openstack-dev] [Neutron] Intra-column wrapping in python-neutronclient

Kevin Benton kevin at benton.pub
Wed Feb 24 19:47:47 UTC 2016


Right, but it breaks for humans too because it interferes with copy-paste.
:)

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Akihiro Motoki <amotoki at gmail.com> wrote:

> cliff-based client including neutronclient and openstackclient
> supports various formatters.
> I don't think it is a good idea to depend on the output of 'table'
> formatter.
> My understanding is 'table' formatter (the default formatter) is for
> human readability.
> IMHO it is better to use json formatter or value formatter if we need
> to pick up a returned value.
> You can use '-f json' or '-f value -c id' with xxxx-create.
>
> This is the reason I proposed fixes around non-table formatters like
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/255696/ or
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/284088/.
>
> Anyway, it is bad to break devstack :(
>
> 2016-02-25 2:32 GMT+09:00 Carl Baldwin <carl at ecbaldwin.net>:
> > I ran this by our all-knowing PTL who told me to go back to
> > cliff==1.15.0.  My devstack had picked up cliff==2.0.0 which is what
> > seems to have introduced this behavior.  Reverting to the older
> > version fixed this quirky behavior.
> >
> > Before today, I didn't even know what cliff was.  :)
> >
> > Carl
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Carl Baldwin <carl at ecbaldwin.net>
> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've noticed a new behavior from the python-neutronclient which
> >> disturbs me.  For me, this just started happening with my latest build
> >> of devstack which I built yesterday.  It didn't happen with another
> >> recent but little bit older devstack.
> >>
> >> The issue is that the client is now wrapping content within columns.
> >> For example:
> >>
> >>
>  +---------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
> >>   | id                              | name    | subnets
> >>           |
> >>
>  +---------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
> >>   | eb850219-6a42-42ed-ac6a-        | public  |
> >> 099745e5-4925-4572-a88f-         |
> >>   | 927b03a0dc77                    |         | a5376206c892
> >> 172.24.4.0/24       |
> >>   |                                 |         | 5b6dfb0d-c97e-48ae-
> >>           |
> >>   |                                 |         | 98c9-7fe3e1e8e88b
> >> 2001:db8::/64  |
> >>   | ec73110f-                       | private | 4073b9e7-a58e-4d6e-
> >>           |
> >>   | 86ad-4292-9547-7c2789a7023b     |         | a2e4-7a45ae899671
> >> 10.0.0.0/24    |
> >>   |                                 |         |
> >> f12aee80-fc13-4adf-a0eb-         |
> >>   |                                 |         | 706af4319094
> >> fd9d:e27:3eab::/64  |
> >>
>  +---------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
> >>
> >> Notice how the ids in the first column are wrapped within the column.
> >> I personally don't see this as an aesthetic improvement.  It destroys
> >> by ability to cut and paste the data within this column.  When I
> >> stretch my console out to fix it, I have to rerun the command with the
> >> new window width to fix it.  I used to be able to stretch my console
> >> horizontally and the wrapped would automatically go away.
> >>
> >> How can I turned this off now?  Also, can I request that this new
> >> "feature" be disabled by default?
> >>
> >> Carl
> >
> >
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