[openstack-dev] [Fuel] Get rid of fuelmenu

Vladimir Kozhukalov vkozhukalov at mirantis.com
Fri Jul 24 12:26:10 UTC 2015


Guys, thanks a lot for your opinions. Now it is quite clear for me that
vim+text UX is definitely not our way even though many developers (not all)
prefer this.

Vladimir Kozhukalov

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Fabrizio Soppelsa <fsoppelsa at mirantis.com>
wrote:

>  Hello Vladimir, from me -1.
>
> We can discuss if enable fuelmenu=yes or not in grub, but I wouldn't get
> rid of it. I've never heard complaints against fuelmenu from users, and
> it's widely used for basic settings afterinstall.
>
> If the users had to manually edit another configuration file, should they
> remember to run a validator tool over it every time after editing the file?
> Or do we add a futher layer that invokes $EDITOR and after :wq, some
> validator performs a check...? IMO that's poor UX, and why reimplement it,
> in fuelmenu there are already nice fixed choices and check commands that
> restricts potential human mistakes.
>
> F.
>
>
>
> On 07/23/2015 04:23 AM, Vladimir Kozhukalov wrote:
>
>  Dear colleagues,
>
>  What do you think of getting rid of fuelmenu and substituting it with
> thoroughly commented text file + some validation + vim? The major pro of
> this is that text file is easier to extend and edit. Many people prefer vim
> UX instead of wandering through the semi-graphical interface. And it is not
> so hard to implement syntax and logic checking for the text file.
>
>  Please give your opinions about this.
>
>  Vladimir Kozhukalov
>
>
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