[Openstack-docs] Poll: What should the fate of the OVS section of the install guide be?

Andreas Jaeger aj at suse.com
Thu Apr 17 14:15:14 UTC 2014


On 04/17/2014 04:01 PM, Matt Kassawara wrote:
> Also, Phil Hopkins just pointed out the Icehouse Neutron release notes
> to me.
> 
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/Icehouse#OpenStack_Network_Service_.28Neutron.29
> 
> In particular...
> 
> "The OVS plugin and Linux Bridge plugin are deprecated and should not be
> used for deployments. The ML2 plugin combines OVS and Linux Bridge
> support into one plugin. A migration script has been provided for Havana
> deployments looking to convert to ML2. The migration does not have a
> rollback capability, so it is recommended the migration be tested on a
> copy of the database prior to running on a live system."

that - and the effort for us in testing and fixing the OVS instructions
made me vote for dropping the instructions from the Guide,

Andreas
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