[OpenStack-docs] Renaming Virtual Machine Image Guide

Anne Gentle annegentle at justwriteclick.com
Sat May 23 18:54:47 UTC 2015




> On May 23, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org> wrote:
> 
> As in "OpenStack Admin User Guide" (http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide-admin/ ) ?
> 
> 

There is a consolidation effort during the migration that seems relevant. 


> 
>> On 23/05/15 06:45, Anne Gentle wrote:
>> Based on the discussion, sounds like it should become a chapter in the
>> larger admin guide.
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Bernd Bausch <berndbausch at gmail.com
>> <mailto:berndbausch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    The term "virtual machine images" has the advantage of being quite
>>    specific,
>>    and, as Adrien points out, the disadvantage of simply being wrong.
>>    The term
>>    "cloud images guide" sounds a bit vague and unspecific. "cloud ready
>>    images
>>    guide" is better.
>>    Does the word "guide" has to come at the end, or do we need this word at
>>    all?
>> 
>>    Here is my mouthful: "Creating and managing images for your
>>    OpenStack cloud"
>> 
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>>    From: Lana Brindley [mailto:openstack at lanabrindley.com
>>    <mailto:openstack at lanabrindley.com>]
>>    Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 3:51 AM
>>    To: openstack-docs
>>    Subject: [OpenStack-docs] Renaming Virtual Machine Image Guide
>> 
>>    Hi team,
>> 
>>    Adrien has approached me at Summit to discuss renaming the Virtual
>>    Machine
>>    Image Guide to something more appropriate, probably something like
>>    the Cloud
>>    Image Guide. He originally proposed this
>>    in https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1438597 and I
>>    said I
>>    wanted to have more discussion about it before we made a decision.
>> 
>>    Can you please reply to this email and let me know if you approve of
>>    changing the name of the guide and, if so, what you think it should be
>>    called? The main argument I can see is that the word ‘cloud’ is a
>>    broader
>>    definition than the word ‘virtual machine’ and we need to be a
>>    little more
>>    generic.
>> 
>>    Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
>> 
>>    Lana
>> 
>>    Lana Brindley
>>    Technical Writer
>>    Rackspace Cloud Builders Australia
>> 
>> 
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