[Engine-devel] [Users] Migrating engine-setup to otopi

[Sandro Bonazzola]

Hi all,
The patch introducing the new implementation is now under review:
http://gerrit.ovirt.org/14612


Il 14/03/2013 11:13, Alex Lourie ha scritto:
> Hi All 
>
> Recent development of the otopi [1] framework allows us to migrate the engine-setup,
> upgrade and cleanup (and potentially other) utilities to implementation as an otopi
> plugin.
>
> Potential benefits of such a move are:
>
> 1. Be able to port engine to other distributions.
> 2. Be able to install engine in a development mode.
> 3. Be able to customize installation easily.
> 4. Share installation of components (reports, dwh).
> 5. Modular implementation, reduce maintenance costs.
> 6. Code reuse of installer code for multiple purposes (host-deploy,
> enigne-setup).
>   
> Currently we are in the process of creating a 'setup' plugin for 
> the otopi, and the progress can be monitored at [2]. The current
> roadmap for the feature is as follows:
>
> 1. Recreate the configuration utilities as plugins in otopi.
> 2. Support side-by side installation using both the old and the 
> new utilities.
> 3. Switch to the new utility when the confidence that it is on-par
> with an old one is high.
>
> Our goal is to have the new utilities ready for 3.3 release (at 
> least for the step 2 in the roadmap).
>
> We'd like to hear as much feedback as possible, so we could
> address it as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1] http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/q/project:otopi,n,z
> [2] http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Otopi_Infra_Migration
>
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