On 11/24/2014 12:36 PM, Lance Bragstad wrote: > We are in the process of removing XML support from Keystone [1] and have > provided > configuration options to Tempest for testing XML in older releases [2]. > However, the > identity client is still tightly coupled to XML test cases. We can either > fix the 309 test cases > that use the XML identity client or let those cases be removed from > Tempest. I'd like to let this > air out a bit before I start fixing the identity client XML issues, in case > XML testing is completely > removed from Tempest.
I fully support and am excited about removing the xml api support. > [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/125738/ > [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/127641/ > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/130874/ > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/126564/ > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 11/24/2014 08:56 AM, Sean Dague wrote: >> >>> Having XML payloads was never a universal part of OpenStack services. >>> During the Icehouse release the TC declared that being an OpenStack >>> service requires having a JSON REST API. Projects could do what they >>> wanted beyond that. Lots of them deprecated and have been removing the >>> XML cruft since then. >>> >>> Tempest is a tool to test the OpenStack API. OpenStack hasn't had an XML >>> API for a long time. >>> >>> Given that current branchless Tempest only supports as far back as >>> Icehouse anyway, after these changes were made, I'd like to propose that >>> all the XML code in Tempest should be removed. If a project wants to >>> support something else beyond a JSON API that's on that project to test >>> and document on their own. >>> >>> We've definitively blocked adding new XML tests in Tempest anyway, but >>> getting rid of the XML debt in the project will simplify it quite a bit, >>> make it easier for contributors to join in, and seems consistent with >>> the direction of OpenStack as a whole. >>> >> >> But Sean, without XML support, we will lose all of our enterprise >> customers! >> >> -jay >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
