Open Stack

I want to open the discussion of an OpenStack Client Tools program proposal
to a wider audience.  It would initially consist of OpenStackClient and
eventually add the existing SDK projects as they are ready to join. The
initial wiki page is at https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ClientTools.  I do
want to have the proposal made before the summit, but not necessarily the
TC consideration.

There has recently been some discussion (specifically around summit
sessions) regarding the overlap of client code and the user experience
team.  This is one of the things I want to get some feedback on before
making a formal proposal.

The mission statement and description are written with the anticipation of
one or more SDK projects joining the program during the Juno cycle.

dt

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Mission Statement

The OpenStack Client Tools mission is to provide clean and consistent
interfaces to OpenStack services via the published REST APIs. The intended
audiences are command-line users (OpenStackClient) and application
developers (SDKs as they join the program).
Description

The OpenStack Client Tools program encompasses a number of related projects
that have both common contributors and common consumer interests regarding
OpenStack services. The existing OpenStackClient project is targeted at
command-line users: end-users as well as cloud operators, devops, system
administrators or anyone needing a shell interface to OpenStack. The SDK
projects (expected to join the program as they mature) implement bindings
to the OpenStack REST APIs in multiple languages.
Deliverables

Releases for the Client Tools projects are on an independent schedule from
the OpenStack integrated release just as the existing client CLI/libraries
do today.

   - OpenStackClient delivers an integrated CLI as a PyPI package and the
   usual OpenStack tarballs.



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Dean Troyer
dtroyer at gmail.com
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