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-1 for using kernel parameters for configuring the whole master node
installation. User should be able to edit configuration and then re-deploy
the master node. I have no idea what would UX look like if we used kernel
paramenters.

Vladimir Kozhukalov

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Vladimir Kozhukalov <
vkozhukalov at mirantis.com> wrote:

> The topic is NOT 'get rid of validation' but rather 'get rid of
> semi-graphical ncurses based interface'. It is not so hard to adopt every
> piece of validation we currently have in fuelmenu and implement even more
> including syntax validation using, for example, PLY and logic validation.
> My idea is to switch from ncurses to plain text file (thoroughly
> commented), because it so easy to add new parameters or remove those we
> don't need any more.
>
>
>
>
> Vladimir Kozhukalov
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Nick Chase <nchase at mirantis.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Matthew Mosesohn <
>> <mmosesohn at mirantis.com>mmosesohn at mirantis.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a relic of what users used to have to configure by
>>> hand:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/stackforge/fuel-library/blob/b015ed975b58dddff3b8da0ce34d9a638c22d032/deployment/puppet/openstack/examples/site_simple.pp
>>>
>>> Am I alone in thinking it's not the best use of our development
>>> resources to throw it away and replace it with a text file that is
>>> edited by hand?
>>>
>>
>> Please, please, please, I'm having PTSD just remembering that @#$%@#%$
>> file.  I think I was able to successfully deploy without major engineering
>> help about 2% of the time.  We absolutely, positively, MUST maintain the
>> validation.
>>
>> Just because the people installing OpenStack are generally not afraid to
>> edit config files doesn't mean that we should be making them do it.
>>
>> ---- Nick
>>
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