[openstack-dev] [Nova] Deprecated Configuration Option in Nova Mitaka Release

Markus Zoeller mzoeller at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Jun 30 16:50:02 UTC 2016


On 30.06.2016 18:35, HU, BIN wrote:
> Hello Nova team,
> 
> I am a newbie of Nova. I read your documentation http://docs.openstack.org/mitaka/config-reference/tables/conf-changes/nova.html regarding new, updated and deprecated options in Mitaka for Compute. I have a few questions:
> 
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> -          For those deprecated options, does it mean it won't be supported in Mitaka and future release at all? Or is there a grace period so that we, as a user, can gradually transition from Liberty to Mitaka?
> 

No, they are still supported in Mitaka but will removed during Newton or
have a new name. See [1] for more information.


> -          What is the rationale of some deprecated options, for example, "[DEFAULT] network_api_class". It seems to me that it provides end users with flexibility in configuring backends. So what is the rationale of deprecating this option and is there equivalent method in Mitika to replace this option?
> 

The rationales are available at [1]. The option you asked for is
explained there.


> Thank you very much
> Bin
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References:
[1] http://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/nova/unreleased.html

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Regards, Markus Zoeller (markus_z)




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