[openstack-dev] [cinder] Should we fix XML request issues?

Doug Hellmann doug at doughellmann.com
Fri Jan 15 15:01:40 UTC 2016


Excerpts from Michał Dulko's message of 2016-01-15 09:08:54 +0100:
> On 01/15/2016 07:14 AM, Jethani, Ravishekar wrote:
> > Hi Devs,
> >
> > I have come across a few 500 response issues while sending request
> > body as XML to cinder service. For example:
> >
> > <snip!>
> >
> > I can see that XML support has been marked as depricated and will be
> > removed in 'N' release. So is it still worth trying fixing these
> > issues during Mitaka time frame?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Ravi Jethani
> 
> One of the reasons XML API was deprecated is the fact that it weren't
> getting much CI testing and as Doug Hellmann once mentioned - "if
> something isn't tested then it isn't working".

I may have said it, but I was hardly the first to do so! :-)

Doug

> 
> I'm okay with fixing it (if someone really needs that feature), but we
> don't have any means to prevent further regressions, so it may not be
> worth it.
> 



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