+1. I like it. On Jun 4, 2017 5:04 AM, "Rene Moser" <m...@renemoser.net> wrote:
> Hi > > I recently developed ansible modules for the ACL API and ... found this > has a really inconsistent API naming. E.g. > > createNetworkACL <<-- this creates an ACL rule > createNetworkACLList <<-- this create the ACL > > updateNetworkACLItem <<-- this updates an ACL rule > updateNetworkACLList <<-- this updates the ACL > > My first thoughs was, someone has to fix this, like > > createNetworkAclRule <<-- this create the ACL rule > createNetworkAcl <<-- this creates an ACL > > updateNetworkAclRule <<-- this updates the ACL rule > updateNetworkAcl <<-- this updates an ACL > > But how without breaking the API for backwards compatibility? I know a > few other places where the API has inconsistent namings. Fixing the API > but in a controlled way? What about by adding a version to the API? > > I would like to introduce a API versioning to cloudstack: The current > API would be frozen into verison v1. The new API will have v2. The > versioned API has the URL scheme: > > /client/api/<version> > > The current API would be /client/api/v1 and the /client/api would be an > alias for v1. This ensures backwards compatibility. > > This would allow us to deprecate and change APIs. > > Any thoughts? > > > >
