[Openstack-docs] Poll: What should the fate of the OVS section of the install guide be?

Anne Gentle anne at openstack.org
Thu Apr 17 13:36:46 UTC 2014


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org> wrote:

> On 17/04/14 13:40, Steve Gordon wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>> Poll here:
>>>
>>> http://www.polljunkie.com/poll/jasatw/what-should-we-do-with-ovs
>>>
>>>
>>> We have two plugins in the neutron section of the install guide: ML2 and
>>> OpenvSwitch.
>>>
>>> Of these, ML2 has been extensively reworked and tested (it's pretty).
>>> OpenVswitch "may" also work, but has been deprecated for future use.
>>>
>>> Please vote on the poll as to what should happen to the OpenvSwitch
>>> section :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>
>> Where is the leave it how it is option (which I thought we had already
>> reached agreement on)?
>>
>
> Sorry - option added.
>
> Personally, I think leaving something in that doesn't meet the quality bar
> we set by testing everything else in the guide is a bad idea. Especially
> when there is a good alternative, that significant time has been put into,
> and is likely a better option for users long-term.
>
>
This feels awfully late for a decision.

The previous thread is here from April 3 though:

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-docs/2014-April/004204.html

I sense the decision then was to ensure ML2 works, and OVS clean up could
occur later. Matt, do you recall any other discussions?

Anne


> Regards,
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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