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This is a good proposal, though I'm unclear on how the static_settings.py
file is populated by a developer (as opposed to a packager, which you
described).


     Richard

On Fri Dec 19 2014 at 12:59:37 AM Radomir Dopieralski <
openstack at sheep.art.pl> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> revisiting the package management for the Horizon's static files again,
> I would like to propose a particular solution. Hopefully it will allow
> us to both simplify the whole setup, and use the popular tools for the
> job, without losing too much of benefits of our current process.
>
> The changes we would need to make are as follows:
>
> * get rid of XStatic entirely;
> * add to the repository a configuration file for Bower, with all the
> required bower packages listed and their versions specified;
> * add to the repository a static_settings.py file, with a single
> variable defined, STATICFILES_DIRS. That variable would be initialized
> to a list of pairs mapping filesystem directories to URLs within the
> /static tree. By default it would only have a single mapping, pointing
> to where Bower installs all the stuff by default;
> * add a line "from static_settings import STATICFILES_DIRS" to the
> settings.py file;
> * add jobs both to run_tests.sh and any gate scripts, that would run Bower;
> * add a check on the gate that makes sure that all direct and indirect
> dependencies of all required Bower packages are listed in its
> configuration files (pretty much what we have for requirements.txt now);
>
> That's all. Now, how that would be used.
>
> 1. The developers will just use Bower the way they would normally use
> it, being able to install and test any of the libraries in any versions
> they like. The only additional thing is that they would need to add any
> additional libraries or changed versions to the Bower configuration file
> before they push their patch for review and merge.
>
> 2. The packagers can read the list of all required packages from the
> Bower configuration file, and make sure they have all the required
> libraries packages in the required versions.
>
> Next, they replace the static_settings.py file with one they have
> prepared manually or automatically. The file lists the locations of all
> the library directories, and, in the case when the directory structure
> differs from what Bower provides, even mappings between subdirectories
> and individual files.
>
> 3. Security patches need to go into the Bower packages directly, which
> is good for the whole community.
>
> 4. If we aver need a library that is not packaged for Bower, we will
> package it just as we had with the XStatic packages, only for Bower,
> which has much larger user base and more chance of other projects also
> using that package and helping with its testing.
>
> What do you think? Do you see any disastrous problems with this system?
> --
> Radomir Dopieralski
>
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