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Excerpts from Ben Swartzlander's message of 2016-03-11 16:10:33 -0500:
> On 03/11/2016 02:42 PM, O'Rourke, Alex Liam wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to request a Feature Freeze Exception for Removing the File
> > Tree on Delete When Using Nested Shares with 3PAR:
> > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/290209/
> >
> > Originally, this was filed as a blueprint and marked as a new feature
> > (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/manila/+spec/hpe3par-nested-deletion),
> > but it was reclassified as a bug fix
> > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila/+bug/1538800) soon after. When
> > deleting a nested share from 3PAR, the file tree is not deleted, making
> > it so the contents within the ‘deleted’ share can still be accessed.
> > This bug fix aims to solve the problem by mounting the parent share and
> > deleting the file tree of the share requested. The issue is isolated
> > only to the 3PAR driver.
> >
> > This patch adds configuration options for the username, password, and
> > domain in order to mount a CIFS share. Config options are needed in
> > order to fix this issue because without valid credentials, we cannot
> > mount a CIFS share to delete the lingering files. Because of these
> > options we are adding, the fix is to be treated as a feature over a bug.
> > I am requesting the Feature Freeze Exception so we can get this fix for
> > the 3PAR driver into Mitaka.
> 
> This is one way to handle it! Is anyone opposed? I've already found at 
> least one other "bugfix" which adds a new config option. I'll be on the 
> lookout for more of these over the next week.

Please keep in mind that there is one less week between RC1 and final
release this cycle compared to last cycle. Continuing to add new
features at this point puts your release at risk.

Doug

> 
> -Ben
> 
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Alex O’Rourke
> >
> >
> >
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