[openstack-dev] Policy on "3rd party" APIs and Nova

Sean Dague sdague at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Nov 9 16:38:54 UTC 2012


On 11/09/2012 10:34 AM, Jay Pipes wrote:
> On 11/09/2012 09:06 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>> Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>>> What we're proposing is:
>>>
>>>    The previous aspirational statement that the PPB made in May 2012
>>>    about 3rd party APIs being implemented external to core stands.
>>>    However, where a given project does yet have expose a "stable,
>>>    complete, performant interface" for 3rd party APIs to build on, that
>>>    project may choose to accept proposed new APIs in the interim if it
>>>    sees fit.
>>
>> I find that acceptable... Do not prevent projects from accepting
>> 3rd-party APIs if they want to, while restating that stable interface is
>> the right end game.
>>
>> Note that it means you (core devs) won't be able to retreat behind a TC
>> motion to refuse unwanted 3rd-party APIs anymore. You will have to say
>> NO. I think that's needed anyway (the guts to say NO to unwanted,
>> unmaintained or undocumented features) if we want to stay successful.
>
> +1

+1 as well.
	
	-Sean

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