Train release notes: deprecated option show_multiple_locations missing?

Eugen Block eblock at nde.ag
Fri Feb 28 06:59:14 UTC 2020


Thanks for the update!


Zitat von Brian Rosmaita <rosmaita.fossdev at gmail.com>:

> On 2/27/20 9:15 AM, Eugen Block wrote:
>> Thank you for the confirmation, Brain.
>>
>>> No, you didn't miss anything.  We didn't include anything in the  
>>> Train release notes because there was nothing new to report, and  
>>> we didn't want to clutter up the release notes with a  
>>> non-announcement.  In retrospect, though, it might have been a  
>>> good idea to continue the series of non-announcements.
>>
>> I entirely understand the non-cluttering approach, and if you have  
>> stumbled across this before you'll probably find the solution  
>> quickly again. On the other hand the non-announcements would at  
>> least deliver some kind of consistency. ;-)
>
> We discussed this at today's Glance weekly meeting and decided that  
> your suggestion to update the Train release notes is a good one.   
> Sorry for any confusion this caused.
>>
>> Zitat von Brian Rosmaita <rosmaita.fossdev at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On 2/27/20 5:55 AM, Eugen Block wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently evaluating our new OpenStack environment (Train),  
>>>> testing the usual scenarios. In the past I've had issues with  
>>>> nova and rbd backend, when the compute nodes used to download rbd  
>>>> images just to re-import them back to the ceph cluster instead of  
>>>> simply cloning an image.
>>>>
>>>> The cause was the show_multiple_locations option that was marked  
>>>> deprecated since Pike but in fact it's still necessary. The  
>>>> release notes of Pike, Queens, Rocky and Stein all mention that  
>>>> the workaround is still required:
>>>>
>>>>> The show_multiple_locations configuration option remains  
>>>>> deprecated in this release, but it has not been removed. > (It  
>>>>> had been scheduled for removal in the Pike release.) Please keep  
>>>>> a watch on the Glance release notes and the > glance-specs  
>>>>> repository to stay informed about developments on this issue.
>>>>
>>>> The Train release notes don't mention this option anymore but my  
>>>> tests show that it's still required to avoid unnecessary rbd  
>>>> exports/imports.
>>>
>>> You are correct, the option has not been removed and the  
>>> workaround is still required.
>>>
>>>> Maybe the release notes for Train should be updated to cover this  
>>>> issue. In case I missed any further information that already  
>>>> addresses this I apologize.
>>>
>>> No, you didn't miss anything.  We didn't include anything in the  
>>> Train release notes because there was nothing new to report, and  
>>> we didn't want to clutter up the release notes with a  
>>> non-announcement.  In retrospect, though, it might have been a  
>>> good idea to continue the series of non-announcements.
>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Eugen
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>






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