On Jun 8, 2017, at 11:59 AM, Chris Dent <cdent...@anticdent.org> wrote:
> 
> The naming issue related to an optional field we want to add to the 
> microversion discovery document. Some projects wish to be able to signal that 
> they are intending to raise the minimum microversion at a point in the 
> future. The name for the next minimum version is fairly clear: 
> "next_min_version". What's less clear is the name which can be used for the 
> field that states the earliest date at which this will happen. This cannot be 
> a definitive date because different deployments will release the new code at 
> different times. We can only say "it will be no earlier than this time".
> 
> Naming this field has proven difficult. The original was "not_before", but 
> that has no association with "min_version" so is potentially confusing. 
> However, people who know how to parse the doc will know what it means so it 
> may not matter. As always, naming is hard, so we seek input from the 
> community to help us find a suitable name. This is something we don't want to 
> ever have to change, so it needs to be correct from the start. Candidates 
> include:
> 
> * not_before
> * not_raise_min_before
> * min_raise_not_before
> * earliest_min_raise_date
> * min_version_eol_date
> * next_min_version_effective_date
> 
> If you have an opinion on any of these, or a better suggestion please let us 
> know, either on the review at <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/446138/ 
> <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/446138/>>, or in response to this message.


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