[openstack-dev] [Glance] upcoming glanceclient release
Flavio Percoco
flavio at redhat.com
Fri Aug 28 14:36:07 UTC 2015
On 28/08/15 15:05 +0100, stuart.mclaren at hp.com wrote:
>
>I've compiled a list of backwards incompatabilities where the new client
>will impact (in some cases break) existing scripts:
>
>https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Glance-v2-v1-client-compatability
Awesome!
>
>
>>On 27/08/15 15:32 -0400, Nikhil Komawar wrote:
>>>
>>>As a part of our continued effort to make the v2 primary API and get
>>>people to consume it without confusion we are planning to move ahead
>>>with the client release (the release would set the default version of
>>>API to 2). There haven't been any major/minor raised here.
>>>
>>>An issue regarding the possible impact of this release due to major bump
>>>was raised during the morning meeting however, the client release should
>>>follow semver semantics and indicate the same. A corresponding review
>>>for release notes exists that should merge before the release. This
>>>medium of communication seems enough; it follows the prescription for
>>>necessary communication. I don't seem to find a definition for necessary
>>>and sufficient media for communicating this information so will take
>>>what we usually follow.
>>>
>>>There are a few bugs [1] that could be considered as part of this
>>>release but do not seem to be blockers. In order to accommodate the
>>>deadlines of the release milestones and impact of releases in the
>>>upcoming week to other projects, we can continue to fix bugs and release
>>>them as a part of 1.x.x releases sooner than later as time and resource
>>>permit. Also, the high ones can be part of the stable/* backports if
>>>needed but the description has only shell impact so there isn't a strong
>>>enough reason.
>>>
>>>So, we need to move ahead with this release for Liberty.
>>
>>+1
>>
>>We've been making small steps towards this for a couple of cycles and
>>I'm happy we're finally switching the default version on the client
>>library.
>>
>>The above being said, I believe our client library needs a lot of more
>>work but this release should set us in a better position to do that.
>>
>>For folks consuming glanceclient, here's what you need to know:
>>
>>If you're using glanceclient from your software - that is, you're
>>using the library and not the CLI - there's nothing you need to do. If
>>you're using the library, I'm assuming you're creating a client
>>instance using[0] or by instantiating the specific versioned client
>>class. Both of these cases require you to specify an API version to
>>use.
>>
>>However, if you're using the CLI and you want to stick using the V1,
>>then you'll need to update your scripts and make sure they use
>>`--os-image-api 1`. Respectively, if your scripts are using
>>`--os-image-api 2`, then you should feel free to ignore that argument.
>>
>>As a good practice, for now, I'd recommend specifying the argument
>>regardless of the version.
>>
>>For other changes, please review the rel notes[1] (as soon as they are
>>there, or you can read[2])
>>
>>[0] https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/python-glanceclient/tree/glanceclient/client.py?h=stable/kilo#n21
>>[1] http://docs.openstack.org/developer/python-glanceclient/#release-notes
>>[2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/217591/
>>
>>
>>>
>>>[1]
>>>https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-glanceclient/+bugs?field.tag=1.0.0-potential
>>
>>Thanks Stuart for tagging these bugs and everyone for raising great
>>concerns pro/against the release[0]. And thanks Erno for pushing this
>>out.
>>
>>[0] http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/glance/2015/glance.2015-08-27-14.00.log.html
>>
>>Flavio
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