On May 15, 2015, at 3:49 AM, Thierry Carrez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dieterly, Deklan wrote: >> We’ve seen that Swift has introduced components in Go. So, this looks like a >> precedent for allowing other languages where deemed appropriate. Before we >> spend many man-hours hacking on the Python components, it seems reasonable >> to determine if there really exists a reason to do so. I’m interested in >> soliciting any feedback from the community be it pleasant or unpleasant. > > Swift has not introduced components in Go. It is at the early stages of > *exploring* the possibility of doing so, through a specific feature branch. > > The Technical Committee position has always been "python unless there is > a compelling reason otherwise". Every language supported increases > fragmentation of our community and increases the CI effort. The argument > for adding a language has to be pretty compelling to counterbalance the > damage it does to "OpenStack" as a development community. > > In Monasca's case, there is always the possibility to stay out of the > "OpenStack" tent and stay in Java. There is the possibility to rewrite > things in Python. And there is the possibility to convince the Technical > Committee that (1) we want Monasca featureset in so badly we would add > Java as a supported language just so that can happen and (2) Monasca > featureset can't be written in Python. Not to move this discussion off-list but I feel the need to at least point out a highly relevant summit session. Is it time to have more than just Python in OpenStack? https://libertydesignsummit.sched.org/event/6bb3f4fe34a4a0236266d99a2039c963 Everett __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
