[RFC] vdsm-bootstrap rewrite naming

Alon Bar-Lev alonbl at redhat.com
Tue Nov 13 11:52:13 UTC 2012


Hello All,

I am working on rewriting the vdsm-bootstrap process.

I found that most of the installer implementation is not vdsm specific, so I split the package into two:

 core installer
 vdsm-bootstrap

I would like to find a suitable name for the core installer.

In nat shell:
"""
Standalone plugin based installation framework to be used to setup
system components. The plugin nature provides simplicity to
add new installation functionality without the complexity of the state
and transaction management.

At the core of the implementation there is environment dictionary and
a flow of stages within plugins. The environment can be modified using
command-line parameters, configuration file, or dialog customization.
""" 

Sources are available at temporary location[1].

Names that we thought of:
1. ovirt-installer
2. virtulation (virtualization + installation)
3. virtaller (virtualization + installation)
4. TOPI (Task Oriented Pluggable Installer/Implementation)
5. PDF (Pluggable Deployment Framework)

I would also like to consider if we want to keep the vdsm-bootstrap name for the bootstrap package, or we should use something more generic, as it really bootstrap the host and not vdsm...:
1. ovirt-hypervisor-bootstrap
2. ovirt-host-setup
3. ovirt-deployer

Any other idea will be most welcome, we need to close this fast to progress.

Best Regards,
Alon Bar-Lev

[1] https://github.com/alonbl/ovirt-installer



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