On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:25 AM, Thierry Carrez <thie...@openstack.org> wrote:
> Sean Dague wrote: > > They can be modified if you provide source files, or use a source > > oriented format like SVG, or ISO standard ODG (used by OpenOffice / > > LibreOffice). There is a reason the "spider" diagram has ended up in > > every single OpenStack presentation I've seen for the last 2 years. > > And there is also a reason the "spider" diagram was never updated (or > fixed for accuracy, for that matter). > I tried creating the spider diagram pragmatically with pydot, but it didn't work very well, it just looks like plate of spaghetti Diagram: https://i.imgur.com/fDqpB9m.png source: https://github.com/jogo/graphing-openstack > > I'm not saying we should use ASCII art, I'm saying we should use a > source-oriented format so that we reduce the likeliness of stale > information. I was mostly reacting to Matt's mention of "real image > files" (taking as an example the pictures in > https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/QA/AuthInterface which are PNGs without > any source). > > If only one person can easily update a picture, it *will* go stale. And > I think I prefer "ugly" to "plain wrong". With source-oriented formats > you can take advantage of more dimensions without sacrificing the > ability to update it. > > -- > Thierry Carrez (ttx) > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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