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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>+1 for getting over screams earlier rather than later <BR>
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On 7/3/12 11:51 AM, "Scott Moser" <<a href="smoser@ubuntu.com">smoser@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Vishvananda Ishaya wrote:<BR>
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> Metadata is supposed to be user "tags" that are associated with a guest<BR>
> that are available via the api. We discussed displaying these tags inside<BR>
> the guest as well.<BR>
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Am I reading it wrong? It seems like it *is* available inside the guest.<BR>
At very least with config drive on i know it is.<BR>
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> The main difference between user-data and metadata is that metadata is<BR>
> available to the api, whereas user-data is only available in the guest.<BR>
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So to avoid confusion, if the intent was tags, I think we should disable<BR>
the 'meta.js' file injection, and get over the screams now.<BR>
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half and half is just confusing.<BR>
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Thoughts?<BR>
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