[Kimchi-devel] [RFC] [Wok] Issue 141 - Track asynchronous tasks in user request log

[Lucio Correia]

On 22-08-2016 13:52, Aline Manera wrote:
> Hi Lucio,

Hi,

>
> Task is an internal mechanism to Wok and its plugins execute long time
> processing. So that is not part of user knowledge.
User log functionality is for admins, not regular users, right?

> Adding a log record as Task will make the user confused IMO.

I don't think so, have you seen my patches running? I've changed the UI 
too. It's pretty clear IMHO.

>
> So my proposal is: when the Task is started in the backend, add a log
> record and set its status as 'pending'
> Once the Task is completed (with success or not), change the log record
> to success or failure according to what happened there.
>
> To do that you will need to find a way to query a log entry in the JSON
> file and edit/replace it to the updated entry.
>
> What do you think about it?

To do that we will also need to differentiate in wok/control/base.py the 
type of request (if it generates task or not) and I tried to avoid that 
with my design.

Also, I believe the way I proposed to do it makes it more clear for the 
guy debugging through logs what's happening behind the scenes.

So, IMHO, it will increase code complexity to differentiate tasks 
through some variable, handle it in base.py, code for changing log 
entries, for no real gain.


>
> Regards,
> Aline Manera
>

Regards,

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Lucio Correia
Software Engineer
IBM LTC Brazil