[openstack-dev] [TripleO] [Tuskar] Terminology Revival #1 - Roles

Tzu-Mainn Chen tzumainn at redhat.com
Mon Jan 27 16:42:13 UTC 2014


I'd argue that we should call it 'overcloud role' - at least from the modeling
point of view - since the tuskar-api calls a deployment an overcloud.

But I like the general direction of the term-renaming!

Mainn

----- Original Message -----
> Based on this thread which didn't seem to get clear outcome, I have one
> last suggestion:
> 
> * Deployment Role
> 
> It looks that it might satisfy participants of this discussion. When I
> internally talked to people it got the best reactions from already
> suggested terms.
> 
> Depending on your reactions for this suggestion, if we don't get to
> agreement of majority by the end of the week, I would call for voting
> starting next week.
> 
> Thanks
> -- Jarda
> 
> On 2014/21/01 15:19, Jaromir Coufal wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > when I was getting feedback on wireframes and we talked about Roles,
> > there were various objections and not much suggestions. I would love to
> > call for action and think a bit about the term for concept currently
> > known as Role (= Resource Category).
> >
> > Definition:
> > Role is a representation of a group of nodes, with specific behavior.
> > Each role contains (or will contain):
> > * one or more Node Profiles (which specify HW which is going in)
> > * association with image (which will be provisioned on new coming nodes)
> > * specific service settings
> >
> > So far suggested terms:
> > * Role *
> >    - short name - plus points
> >    - quite overloaded term (user role, etc)
> >
> > * Resource Category *
> >    - pretty long (devs already shorten it - confusing)
> >    - Heat specific term
> >
> > * Resource Class *
> >    - older term
> >
> > Are there any other suggestions (ideally something short and accurate)?
> > Or do you prefer any of already suggested terms?
> >
> > Any ideas are welcome - we are not very good in finding the best match
> > for this particular term.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -- Jarda
> >
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