Re: [openstack-dev] [client][all][neutron] client option removal policy

2015-12-07 Thread Akihiro Motoki
Thanks for the replies. I totally agree that we should deprecate it. We forgot to mark --request-format as deprecated. The way we should go is to deprecate --request-format. Akihiro 2015-12-07 21:24 GMT+09:00 Neil Jerram : > On 07/12/15 12:01, Akihiro Motoki wrote: >> Hi, >> >> neutronclient is n

Re: [openstack-dev] [client][all][neutron] client option removal policy

2015-12-07 Thread Neil Jerram
On 07/12/15 12:01, Akihiro Motoki wrote: > Hi, > > neutronclient is now dropping XML support and as a result > "--request-format" option is no longer needed as JSON is the only format now. > > What is the recommended way for options no longer needed? > Does bumping major version of CLI allow us to

Re: [openstack-dev] [client][all][neutron] client option removal policy

2015-12-07 Thread Salvatore Orlando
The Neutron API dropped XML support quite some time ago. Therefore specifying --request-format xml already produces an error. Even if this parameter is already vestigial and should be abruptly removed. We don't know whether anyone is using it. For instance one could have a set of scripts that expl

[openstack-dev] [client][all][neutron] client option removal policy

2015-12-07 Thread Akihiro Motoki
Hi, neutronclient is now dropping XML support and as a result "--request-format" option is no longer needed as JSON is the only format now. What is the recommended way for options no longer needed? Does bumping major version of CLI allow us to drop an option without deprecation? - Deprecate such