Excerpts from Kyle Mestery (kmestery)'s message of 2013-11-05 06:35:04 +0800: > On Nov 2, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Salvatore Orlando <sorla...@nicira.com> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > I looked at the detailed API specification submitted by Edgar. > > I think that the document Edgar shared does a fine job in discussion how an > > API for managing logical topologies should work. > > On the other hand, there are two aspects which still need some > > clarification, and which perhaps are at the source of the confusion > > regarding whether it belongs to neutron, heat, or anywhere else. > > > > First, the "use cases" section merely re-states the objective session. I > > think that section should somehow address the questions "why do we need > > this API?" "How having an API for storing network topologies would be > > useful for us". > > > > The other aspect is that - and I might be terribly wrong here - I think > > that one of the goals Neutron API was already supposed to abstract the > > complexity of network topologies - if we need another API (or perhaps more > > aptly an extension of the Neutron API) to satisfy this goal, does this mean > > the Neutron API is failing in one of its main goals? > > > > Not to hijack this thread, but this is exactly the reason Cisco, IBM, > Juniper, Nuage Networks, Plexxi, Red Hat and others are proposing the > following BP at the Summit this week [1]. I think as you will read in the BP > the abstractions of the Neutron API can be extended such that it removes some > of the complexity for API users. We have a session Friday afternoon in the > Neutron track to discuss these in fact. Looking forwarding to a lively > discussion! > > Thanks, > Kyle > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZbOFxAoibZbJmDWx1oOrOsDcov6Cuom5aaBIrupCD9E/edit?pli=1 >
Hi Kyle, can you copy this to etherpad.openstack.org and link it from https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Summit/Icehouse/Etherpads Thanks! _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
