Sanity around plugins in the big tent
Summary
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To clearly document and enable Horizon's policy regarding plugins.
Motivation
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With the growth in OpenStack, plugin guidelines need to be more clearly documented. There are more projects in the big tent than Horizon can support in tree. Additionally, there is more code in tree than Horizon can really support with the existing core structure. We need to document the policy for what items are in tree, what are p
Description
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There are several components of this blueprint.
Some content already in the horizon tree should be moved to openstack_
Adding support for adding additional policy files with a plugin will be added.
Additional work will be needed to figure out how to support integration tests from plugins.
Based on the above work and principles decided upon the resulting policy and standards will be documented and a topic added in the developer docs.
UX
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The end user experience should be unaffected.
Wireframes, Mocks, Videos and UI Markup
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N/A
Testing
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Most of this will be documentation. However, some existing content will move locations. Making sure this content is still working will be the chief test.
Documenting plugin testing best practices will be included.
Outside Dependencies
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N/A
Requirements Update Required
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N/A
Doc Impact
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This patch is mostly documentation. New documentation detailing plugin policy in Horizon will be added.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- David Lyle
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- David Lyle
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- David Lyle
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for mitaka
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- mitaka-3
- Started by
- David Lyle
- Completed by
- David Lyle
Related branches
Related bugs
Bug #1479018: get_panel_group error with enabled panel tests | Fix Released |
Bug #1483852: Cannot specify multiple Horizon plug-in overrides files | Won't Fix |
Sprints
Whiteboard
Gerrit topic: https:/
Addressed by: https:/
Adding contrib directory for plugins
Addressed by: https:/
Moving Sahara to contrib
Addressed by: https:/
Moving Trove to contrib
Addressed by: https:/
Move Horizon to pure plugin loading only
Gerrit topic: https:/
Addressed by: https:/
Create a Angular Modules for Admin Dashboard
Gerrit topic: https:/
Gerrit topic: https:/
Gerrit topic: https:/
Work Items
Work items:
Create contrib folder: DONE
Move content for sahara to contrib: DONE
Move content for trove to contrib: DONE
Add support for settings in plugins: DONE
Add support for policy in plugins: DONE
Figure out integration test support: DONE
Document policy and standards: DONE
Move content for sahara to standalone plugin: DONE
Move content for trove to standalone plugin: DONE