[Openstack] API documentation move

Jay Pipes jaypipes at gmail.com
Wed Sep 7 13:39:59 UTC 2011


I'd be fine with that, too, Anne.

Cheers!
jay

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org> wrote:
> Hello again -
> In yesterday's team meeting, Brian Lamar brought up a good point - why name
> the API projects after the project name, why not the product name? This
> makes a lot of sense to me. So the names for the API repos will be:
>
> compute-api
> identity-api (should this be auth-api?)
> image-api
> storage-api (should this be object-api?)
>
> Let me know your feedback on this naming standard.
>
> Thanks Jay for catching the keystone-api typo. :)
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Gentle
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> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all -
>>
>> I wanted to discuss some changes to the API documentation for each project
>> prior to implementation to make sure I'm not missing any crucial detail and
>> to ensure you all feel you have ownership of the solution and input into it.
>> My goal is to move all the OpenStack documentation into github repos. In
>> doing so, I will also move all the API documentation into separate repos
>> with a goal of completing the move by October 1st.
>>
>> Here is my current proposal, please feel free to suggest corrections as
>> you see fit.
>>
>> 1. Create new github repos named <project>-api that contain:
>> API documentation including existing API Dev Guides and in the case of
>> Nova, an API Spec. Four new projects for now: openstack/glance-api,
>> openstack/keystone, openstack/nova-api, openstack/swift-api.
>>
>> 2. Create connection to Gerrit for review by core devs for each project,
>> plus the creation of a new group, openstack-core-doc, for reviews of all
>> four projects.
>>
>> 3. Create a new github repo named openstack/openstack-manuals to contain
>> sys admin documentation such as the Admin manuals (installation,
>> configuration, administration docs).
>>
>> 4. Automated build/publish on Jenkins to the correct location on
>> docs.openstack.org (or project.openstack.org as appropriate), either /diablo
>> or /api or /incubation depending on project's state. Also includes Jenkins
>> jobs to validate the docs pre-merge, for XML validation and testing for
>> missing figures.
>>
>> Please give me your feedback by the end of this week so we can make the
>> next moves. Ha! Move! I've also added this item for discussion at today's
>> team meeting.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anne
>>
>
>
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