<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> <span>Hi,<br>Add it into openstack-dev and [quantum] into the subject.<br><br>Yes, 'backend' seems better than 'plugin' for our case here.<br><br>Our plugin is a must for quantum server to work, while 'plugin' tends to make us think it will provide more functionalities if we plug it in.<br>And I don't think our plugin is '</span>pluggable backend'. I prefer to call it 'replaceable or configurable' 'backend' or 'dirver'. <br><br>Thanks<br>Yong Sheng Gong<br><span><br></span><br><br><font color="#990099">-----netstack-bounces+gongysh=cn.ibm.com@lists.launchpad.net wrote: -----</font><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><div style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; border-left: 2px solid black;">To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:netstack@lists.launchpad.net">"netstack@lists.launchpad.net"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:netstack@lists.launchpad.net"><netstack@lists.launchpad.net></a><br>From: Willian Molinari <willian.molinari@locaweb.com.br><br>Sent by: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:netstack-bounces+gongysh=cn.ibm.com@lists.launchpad.net">netstack-bounces+gongysh=cn.ibm.com@lists.launchpad.net</a><br>Date: 07/31/2012 07:26AM<br>Subject: [Netstack] plugin -> backend<br><br>
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Hi folks!<br>
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I was concerned to bring the "plugins" discussion because it looks like a bikeshedding
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and it probably was discussed before, but I think it will be beneficial at all.<br>
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What motivated me to bring the discussion was the Metaplugin implementation <br>
(<a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10181/">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10181/</a>) that looks like a quantum backend implementing<br>
support for plugins.<br>
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When we first looked into quantum we thought that quantum plugin was following the same
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concept of all other plugins (ie we should install a lot of plugins to enhance the application)<br>
but we found that this is not the concept of quantum plugins, talking to Dan about this at<br>
the openstack summit I found the real concept of quantum plugins and I heard some people<br>
saying that plugins should be something like a "pluggable backend", so why not to call the
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plugin just "backend"?<br>
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Looks natural to have just one backend at time and this backend should handle multiple<br>
plugins if needed (the metaplugin case).<br>
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Sorry for bringing a non-technical discussion like this but every time someone asks me to
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explain what quantum does I need to show plugins as "backends" to make sense.<br>
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I'm the only guy that think it's confusing? :P<br>
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Just want to hear your ideas about this topic. <br>
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