> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark McLoughlin [mailto:mar...@redhat.com] > Sent: 03 January 2012 13:35 > To: Ewan Mellor > Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net; Jason Koelker > Subject: RE: [Openstack] openstack-common > > On Tue, 2012-01-03 at 19:54 +0000, Ewan Mellor wrote: > > I'd love to see openstack-common get off the ground, so I'm all in > > favor of this. > > > > One question: why do you feel that you need such strong backwards > > compatibility? If someone makes a change in openstack-common and > > makes simultaneous changes in all OpenStack projects to match, isn’t > > that sufficient? > > No, I really don't think it is sufficient. Unless we want packagers to > hunt us down with sharp implements :) > > Each of the projects are separated by an API which we maintain some > compatibility around. So, in theory, you can use e.g. Essex Glance with > Diablo Nova. If you make it so that Glance requires Essex Common and > doesn't work with Diablo Common, but Nova requires Diablo Common and > doesn't work with Essex common ... you're screwed.
Yeah, that's fair enough. I didn't think of the Essex Glance with Diablo Nova case. You'd definitely like to be able to update the supporting libraries first. Cheers, Ewan. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp