Sandy, I like the suggestion of graphvis, although I haven't used it for a while. Is there a dir in nova appropriate to put .dot files? I was hoping to get the proposal discussed a few round, and while it's getting stabilized, we can work on the graphvis representation. Thanks,
Yun On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Sandy Walsh <sandy.wa...@rackspace.com> wrote: > Hi Yun, > > I like the direction you're going with this. Unifying these three enums would > be a great change. Honestly it's really just combing two enums (vm & task) > and using power state as a tool for reconciliation (actual != reality). > > Might I suggest using graphvis instead of a spreadsheet? That way we can keep > it under version control, have funky pictures and there are libraries for > parsing .dot files in Python. Also we can use the graphvis doc to actually > drive the state machine (via attributes on nodes/edges) > > I'd like to see more discussion on how reconciliation will be handled in the > event of a conflict. > > Cheers! > -S > > ________________________________________ > From: Yun Mao [yun...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:16 AM > To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [Openstack] nova state machine simplification and clarification > > ... _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
