On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:37:39 -0600 Ken Gaillot <kgail...@redhat.com> wrote: ...
> > All RA > > must implement the first two states "stopped" and "started". The > > cases where RA > > is promotable should then be called..."promotable" I suppose. > > > > However, why exactly should we find a terminology for RA implementing > > the > > "promote" action? Should we find some new terminology for RA > > implementing > > optional actions like "notify" ("notifiable") or "validate-all" > > ("validatable") > > action as well? (ok, these are not roles, but I try to explain my > > point :)) > > > > Now the terminology is common using "stopped, started, promoted", > > should we stop considering "multistate RA" as special cases? We could > > simply > > explain RAs are implementing all or a subset of the actions/roles > > Pacemaker > > offers and give documentation details related to roles properties, > > variables > > and transitions, isn't it? > > We will need some way of specifying it in the syntax, and that will > become its name ... <clone promotable="true"> or whatever. (We can't > simply go by what's in the RA metadata for technical reasons not worth > going into here.) That makes me wonder how pcs and crm syntax should evolve as well from the user point of view... :/ > > > "Promotable" is certainly accurate, but I have a (very mild) > > > concern > > > about how easily it is understood by non-native English speakers. > > > Perhaps someone who speaks English as a second language could chime > > > in > > > on that? > > > > "Promotable" sounds accurate to me (native french speaker). > > That's good to know. I think we have at least narrowed it down to > "multistate" or "promotable" :-) > > Unfortunately the role names are now back in play as well. "Promoted" > and "unpromoted"? > > E.g.: > > Instead of a single "started" role, a promotable clone resource must be > in one of two roles when active: "promoted" or "unpromoted". What about my previous suggestion to use "active" to match either "Started" or "Promoted" state? _______________________________________________ Users mailing list: Users@clusterlabs.org http://lists.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/users Project Home: http://www.clusterlabs.org Getting started: http://www.clusterlabs.org/doc/Cluster_from_Scratch.pdf Bugs: http://bugs.clusterlabs.org