[openstack-dev] [Stable][Nova] VMware NSXv Support

Jay Pipes jaypipes at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 15:09:31 UTC 2015


On 08/11/2015 10:57 AM, Gary Kotton wrote:
> On 8/11/15, 5:08 PM, "Jeremy Stanley" <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-08-11 13:49:37 +0000 (+0000), Gary Kotton wrote:
>>> This is a stable issue - please see https://review.openstack.org/165750.
>>> This is required to support the plugin developed in Liberty.
>> [...]
>>
>> I'm still missing the connection to stable. That review is targeting
>> master (liberty). Stable currently means backports to kilo or juno.
>
> The patch has a -2 for Liberty. So it means that is is blocked as it is
> not a high priority nova BP. What does this mean, it means that nova will
> not be able to work with the neutron liberty plugin.
>
> This is exactly the same story that we had with the NSXv plugin. The nova
> stable kilo code will not work with the neutron stable kilo code.
>
> How can we as a community address this?
>
> Neutron enabled the community to develop at their own pace, whilst nova
> still has us in chains.

Well, inflammatory statements probably won't help the situation, Gary :)

Are you saying that *new functionality* was added to the stable/kilo 
branch of *Neutron*, and because new functionality was added to 
stable/kilo's Neutron, that stable/kilo *Nova* will no longer work?

Best,
-jay



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