[openstack-dev] Cheetah vs Jinja

Michael Basnight mbasnight at gmail.com
Tue Jul 16 20:56:06 UTC 2013


Nachi, If/when you do pin it down to a particular version in openstack/requirements, plz add me as a reviewer. Id like to make sure we dont break trove. <3

On Jul 16, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Nachi Ueno wrote:

> Hi Folks
> 
> Thanks
> I'll update code with Jinja2
> 
> 2013/7/16 Michael Basnight <mbasnight at gmail.com>:
>> Also, jinja2 is in requirements. We have no specific requirements on a particular version so feel free to pin it to a specific. We (trove) use it to generate config templates.
>> 
>> https://github.com/openstack/requirements/commit/96f38365ce94d2135f7744c93bae0ce92a747195
>> 
>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Nachi Ueno wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi folks
>>> 
>>> Jinja2 looks have +3.
>>> This is the winner?
>>> 
>>> # My code can be done by Jinja2 also.
>>> 
>>> so if we choose Jinja2, what's version range is needed?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Nachi
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2013/7/16 Matt Dietz <matt.dietz at rackspace.com>:
>>>> I'll second the jinja2 recommendation. I also use it with Pyramid, and
>>>> find it non-obtrusive to write and easy to understand.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Sandy Walsh <sandy.walsh at RACKSPACE.COM>
>>>> Reply-To: OpenStack Development Mailing List
>>>> <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>>>> Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:34 AM
>>>> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Cheetah vs Jinja
>>>> 
>>>>> I've used jinja2 on many projects ... it's always been solid.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -S
>>>>> 
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> From: Solly Ross [sross at redhat.com]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:41 AM
>>>>> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: [openstack-dev] [Change I30b127d6] Cheetah vs Jinja
>>>>> 
>>>>> (This email is with regards to https://review.openstack.org/#/c/36316/)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have been implementing the Guru Meditation Report blueprint
>>>>> (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/oslo/+spec/guru-meditation-report), and
>>>>> the question of a templating engine was raised.  Currently, my version of
>>>>> the code includes the Jinja2 templating engine (http://jinja.pocoo.org/),
>>>>> which is modeled after the Django templating engine (it was designed to
>>>>> be an implementation of the Django templating engine without requiring
>>>>> the use of Django), which is used in Horizon.  Apparently, the Cheetah
>>>>> templating engine (http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/) is used in a couple
>>>>> places in Nova.
>>>>> 
>>>>> IMO, the Jinja template language produces much more readable templates,
>>>>> and I think is the better choice for inclusion in the Report framework.
>>>>> It also shares a common format with Django (making it slightly easier to
>>>>> write for people coming from that area), and is also similar to template
>>>>> engines for other languages. What does everyone else think?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Solly Ross
>>>>> 
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