[Openstack] New code name for networks

Armando Migliaccio amigliaccio at nicira.com
Tue May 14 15:37:59 UTC 2013


Not sure if this has been proposed before or even it is at all feasible,
but how about changing the last/first letter?

Quantum -> QuantuS, QuantuN, Cuantum...?

There are a plenty of options to go by.

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:

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> On 05/13/2013 11:03 AM, Doug Hellmann wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org
> > <mailto:anne at openstack.org>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com
> >     <mailto:mordred at inaugust.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >         On 05/11/2013 04:07 PM, Asher Newcomer wrote:
> >         > Or even better, just continue to call it openstack networking.
> >         The code
> >         > names only serve to confuse the uninitiated. They needlessly
> >         steepen the
> >         > learning curve and slow uptake.
> >
> >         The problem with OpenStack Networking (or getting rid of
> >         codenames) is
> >         seen with pre-incubation->incubation->integrated cycle.
> >
> >         A project cannot call itself "OpenStack Foo" until it actually
> _is_
> >         openstack foo. So any new project by necessity has to start off
> as
> >         something else.
> >
> >         But - if we then require them to drop that name and become
> >         openstack foo
> >         when they become incubated or integrated, then we've got what's
> >         become a
> >         stable project with a decent amount of contributors renaming
> itself.
> >
> >         Every. Time.
> >
> >         The code names aren't just cute. I kind of wish they were,
> >         because it
> >         would make several things much easier if we could just ditch
> >         them and do
> >         a pure openstack. code namespace. But the reality is that it
> >         gets really
> >         really tricky to deal with a bunch of things if they go away.
> >
> >
> >     I told Monty and the TC this at the Summit (sorry I couldn't attend
> >     the session about code names). I find this trickiness a weak
> >     argument in the face of the invented names that are getting to be as
> >     bad as U.S. pharmaceuticals. Plus it forces us to put a "lookup"
> >     table in the docs forever. [1] Let's find a process for naming that
> >     meets a few reqs:
> >     - describes the service
> >     - goes through a legal review
> >     - enables new eyes to understanding it by reading the English word
> >     that the service represents (that can be translated into a
> >     meaningful word in other languages)
> >
> >     If we have to preface with Stackforge to indicate pre-incubation,
> >     that's fine. Use Incubating or some such to indicate incubation.
> >     Meaningful words have meaning.
> >
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Use a namespace package "openstack" then each project has a unique
> > package under that for their meaningfully named package (compute,
> > networking, etc.).
> >
> > We only have to rename projects if they start out with "bad" names to
> > begin with. Projects that want to be integrated should be developing on
> > stackforge and using the openstack namespace package.
>
> It's just logically infeasible. If we were to make that choice, I'm
> pretty sure we'd have to stop everything that everyone is doing and just
> deal the fallout from doing it.
>
> In any case - we did have a session on this at the summit, and we did
> lay out a strategy for moving forward. The etherpad is here
>
> https://etherpad.openstack.org/ProjectsReNaming
>
> tl;dr - we are going to rename quantum to a new codename, and we are
> going to do our best as a community to lessen the external usage of our
> codenames.
>
> >     I acknowledge we still have to indicate what commands, daemon names,
> >     and so on are related to a particular service. That issue is also
> >     fixable with some resources and effort and pays off in easier
> >     adoption and understanding.
> >
> >
> > The unified command line project will resolve the command issue because
> > all commands will be "openstack $noun $verb" (end users shouldn't have
> > to know which OpenStack component owns a resource in order to operate on
> > it via the command line). Daemon startup scripts could use a similar
> > framework, or just a naming convention ("openstack-compute-api",
> > "openstack-network-api", etc.).
>
> I agree - having the unified command line client will be very helpful to
> lessening our externally-facing usages of code names.
>
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >
> >     Anne
> >
> >     1.
> http://docs.openstack.org/grizzly/openstack-compute/install/yum/content/terminology-codenames.html
> >
> >
> >
> >         > On May 11, 2013 3:59 PM, "Davanum Srinivas" <davanum at gmail.com
> >         <mailto:davanum at gmail.com>
> >         > <mailto:davanum at gmail.com <mailto:davanum at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >         >
> >         >     Lattice
> >         >
> >         >     -- dims
> >         >
> >         >     On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Mark Turner
> >         <mark at amerine.net <mailto:mark at amerine.net>
> >         >     <mailto:mark at amerine.net <mailto:mark at amerine.net>>>
> wrote:
> >         >     > Tubes
> >         >     >
> >         >     > ;-)
> >         >     >
> >         >     >
> >         >     > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Jason Smith
> >         >     <jason.smith at rackspace.com
> >         <mailto:jason.smith at rackspace.com>
> >         <mailto:jason.smith at rackspace.com
> >         <mailto:jason.smith at rackspace.com>>>
> >         >     > wrote:
> >         >     >>
> >         >     >> Hello,
> >         >     >> I understand why we had to give up Quantum code name
> >         but rather
> >         >     than just
> >         >     >> refer to it as networking let's come up with a new code
> >         name!
> >         >     >>
> >         >     >> Thoughts?
> >         >     >>
> >         >     >> Thanks,
> >         >     >> -js
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