[openstack-dev] removing screen from devstack - RSN
John Griffith
john.griffith8 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 7 19:29:07 UTC 2017
On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Eric Fried <openstack at fried.cc> wrote:
> John-
>
> You're not the only one for whom the transition to systemd has been
> painful.
>
> However...
>
> It *is* possible (some would argue just as easy) to do all things
> with
> systemd that were done with screen.
>
> For starters, have you seen [1] ?
>
> Though looking at that again, I realize it could use a section on
> how
> to do pdb - I'll propose something for that. In the meantime, feel free
> to find me in #openstack-dev and I can talk you through it.
>
> [1] https://docs.openstack.org/devstack/latest/systemd.html
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Fried (efried)
>
> On 09/07/2017 12:34 PM, John Griffith wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:29 AM, John Griffith <john.griffith8 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:john.griffith8 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Please don't, some of us have no issues with screen and use it
> > extensively for debugging. Unless there's a viable option using
> > systemd I fail to understand why this is such a big deal. I've been
> > using devstack in screen for a long time without issue, and I still
> > use rejoin that supposedly didn't work (without issue).
> >
> > I completely get the "run like customers" but in theory I'm not sure
> > how screen makes it much different than what customers do, it's
> > executing the same binary at the end of the day. I'd also ask then
> > is devstack no longer "dev" stack, but now a preferred method of
> > install for running production clouds? Anyway, I'd just ask to
> > leave it as an option, unless there's equivalent options for things
> > like using pdb etc. It's annoying enough that we lost that
> > capability for the API services, is there a possibility we can
> > reconsider not allowing this an option?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Davanum Srinivas <davanum at gmail.com
> > <mailto:davanum at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > w00t!
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Sean Dague <sean at dague.net
> > <mailto:sean at dague.net>> wrote:
> > > On 08/31/2017 06:27 AM, Sean Dague wrote:
> > >> The work that started last cycle to make devstack only have a
> > single
> > >> execution mode, that was the same between automated QA and
> > local, is
> > >> nearing it's completion.
> > >>
> > >> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/499186/
> > <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/499186/> is the patch that
> > will remove
> > >> screen from devstack (which was only left as a fall back for
> > things like
> > >> grenade during Pike). Tests are currently passing on all the
> > gating jobs
> > >> for it. And experimental looks mostly useful.
> > >>
> > >> The intent is to merge this in about a week (right before
> > PTG). So, if
> > >> you have a complicated devstack plugin you think might be
> > affected by
> > >> this (and were previously making jobs pretend to be grenade
> > to keep
> > >> screen running), now is the time to run tests against this
> > patch and see
> > >> where things stand.
> > >
> > > This patch is in the gate and now merging, and with it
> > devstack now has
> > > a single run mode, using systemd units, which is the same
> > between test
> > > and development.
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone helping with the transition!
> > >
> > > -Sean
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sean Dague
> > > http://dague.net
> > >
> > >
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> > FWIW I realize my opinion doesn't count here particularly since this
> > already merged, BUT I also realize that it didn't count before it merged
> > either as the response I was given was "I don't use debuggers". It's
> > unfortunate, perhaps I'm really the only one that has counter opinions
> > on things, or maybe nobody else wants to speak up, or maybe just nobody
> > cares. Either way, it's a bit of a bummer and just another thing on the
> > list.
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Just saw your patch Eric, Thanks!!! That does indeed look simple and will
shut me up :)
Thanks again!!
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