Open Stack

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Gordon" <sgordon at redhat.com>
> To: "Matt Kassawara" <mkassawara at gmail.com>
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Kassawara" <mkassawara at gmail.com>
> > To: openstack-docs at lists.openstack.org
> > 
> > I saw this patch for automated Debian installations:
> > 
> > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/96695/
> > 
> > I'm concerned that it doesn't agree with the purpose of the installation
> > guide and would like to discuss it further.
> 
> Thanks for highlighting this Matt,
> 
> I am -2 on this submission based on my understanding of our current direction
> - which appears to match yours - and have recorded my reasoning in the
> review as follows:
> 
> "If we were to include this we would also need to open it up to the other
> distro's automated deployment tools such as PackStack, Crowbar, JuJu, FUEL,
> Foreman, etc. We have previously decided against this as the aim of the
> installation guide on docs.o.o is to aid users in learning about the inner
> workings of OpenStack as they deploy it - not to provide an "easy button".
> 
> Individual distributions of course can and do maintain their own
> documentation of the "easy button" elsewhere. An acceptable middle ground
> might be to provide a section for linking to, but explicitly not endorsing,
> these external resources."
> 
> I would add that I am not necessarily in favour of the middle ground I
> suggest above but thought I would put it out there.

Although the above hasn't merged there seem to be a couple of other patches in the queue that take the approach of removing the manual configuration steps in favour of debconf:

* https://review.openstack.org/#/c/97158/2
* https://review.openstack.org/#/c/97156/

I think we need to have a wider discussion abotu whether we're ok with where this is going as I think it's slipped by most of the core reviewers.

Thanks,

Steve