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On 26/09/14 05:36, Timur Sufiev wrote:
> Hello, folks!
>
> Following Drago Rosson's introduction of Barricade.js and our 
> discussion in ML about possibility of using it in Merlin [1], I've 
> decided to change the plans for PoC: now the goal for Merlin's PoC is 
> to implement Mistral Workbook builder on top of Barricade.js. The 
> reasons for that are:
>
> * To better understand Barricade.js potential as data abstraction 
> layer in Merlin, I need to learn much more about its possibilities and 
> limitations than simple examining/reviewing of its source code allows. 
> The best way to do this is by building upon it.
> * It's becoming too crowded in the HOT builder's sandbox - doing the 
> same work as Drago currently does [2] seems like a waste of resources 
> to me (especially in case he'll opensource his HOT builder someday 
> just as he did with Barricade.js).

Drago, it would be to everyone's benefit if your HOT builder efforts 
were developed on a public git repository, no matter how functional it 
is currently.

Is there any chance you can publish what you're working on to 
https://github.com/dragorosson or rackerlabs for a start?

> * Why Mistral and not Murano or Solum? Because Mistral's YAML 
> templates have simpler structure than Murano's ones do and is better 
> defined at that moment than the ones in Solum.
>
> There already some commits in https://github.com/stackforge/merlin and 
> since client-side app doesn't talk to the Mistral's server yet, it is 
> pretty easy to run it (just follow the instructions in README.md) and 
> then see it in browser at http://localhost:8080. UI is yet not great, 
> as the current focus is data abstraction layer exploration, i.e. how 
> to exploit Barricade.js capabilities to reflect all relations between 
> Mistral's entities. I hope to finish the minimal set of features in a 
> few weeks - and will certainly announce it in the ML.
>
> [1] 
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/044591.html
> [2] 
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-August/044186.html
>