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In the mean time, I'm working on addressing one of Sandy's issues by making
the client less chatty.

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Sandy Walsh <sandy.walsh at rackspace.com>wrote:

> Cool ... thanks Gabe.
>
> I agree (and to Ed's point) that having to depend on an external source for
> "close to rock-face" development is too risky and that there are other ways
> to keep honest.
>
> Once we nail this down, perhaps having a side discussion about what a new
> client library might look like might be useful regardless.
>
> -S
>
> ________________________________________
> From: openstack-bounces+sandy.walsh=rackspace.com at lists.launchpad.net[openstack-bounces+sandy.walsh=
> rackspace.com at lists.launchpad.net] on behalf of Gabe Westmaas [
> gabe.westmaas at rackspace.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:53 AM
> To: openstack at lists.launchpad.net
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] python-novaclient vs. python-openstack.compute
>
> Hey Sandy,
>
> We hadn't shifted our focus over to the client yet - our assumption had
> been that the best course would be to version the existing library and move
> forward.  However, that was definitely an assumption and if people have
> experience that says maybe we should explore a new client tied more closely
> with nova, then we should look into that.  This is my way of saying I don't
> know, but whichever direction we go, we can help if that's where we are
> needed.  Anyone who has looked at the client, Titan or otherwise, should
> educate us here.
>
> To Soren's original point, we've already said that python-novaclient is a
> requirement for nova, and relying on an external party to keep that
> up-to-date is a little bit of a concern to me.  We are going to rely on this
> to maintain our deployments, so it seems a little risky to rely on someone
> not on the project to keep it up to date.
>
> We do have other language bindings that can keep us honest as far as
> honoring the spec, so hopefully we still get that protection from ourselves
> from that quarter.
>
> Gabe
>
> On Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:03am, "Sandy Walsh" <
> sandy.walsh at rackspace.com> said:
>
> > Thanks Dan,
> >
> > I wasn't so much worried about the technical details but rather if your
> group
> > plans on making a new client or contributing to python-novaclient (or
> something)?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Sandy
> >
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