Re: [Xen-API] [Xen-users] New name for Kronos? [was XCP 1.5]

[Mike Bursell <mike.bursell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 12/15/11 7:08 AM, Mike McClurg wrote:
> > On 15/12/11 12:01, Pasi K?rkk?inen wrote:
> >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:01:17PM +0000, Mike McClurg wrote:
> >>> On 14/12/11 17:32, Alex Perez wrote:
> >>>> I would go a single step further, and suggest that you not use the
> >>>> term "XCP" at all in the context of Kronos. There's already
> >>>> pleeenty of confusion about exactly what is what. Right now, XCP
> >>>> means one thing, and I would implore you to keep it that way.
> >>> One of the biggest effects of this confusion is that people are now
> >>> worried that XCP will become completely unstable, like Fedora versus
> >>> RHEL, and thus won't be suitable for serious enterprise deployments.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps just calling it Kronos is a good idea. Though our packaging
> >>> is nearly complete, and they are all prefixed with 'xcp-'... I
> >>> suppose we can leave that as it is, since it is the XCP toolstack we're
> installing.
> >>> Does anyone else feel this strongly about calling it Kronos, and NOT
> >>> mentioning XCP?
> >>>
> >> Imho, if possible, the debian/ubuntu package names should be changed,
> >> xcp- in the deb package names will cause a lot of confusion.
> >>
> >> xapi- is better, or kronos-, for the deb packages.
> >>
> >> I think 'xcp' should be used only for the .iso image appliance..
> >>
> > So, I hate to use this as an excuse, but there are actually already a
> > few of our Kronos packages in Debian Sid right now with the name xcp-*.
> > I actually think this is a good thing, because those packages are
> > software that came from XCP, so to me it makes sense to call the
> > packages xcp-blah.
> >
> > How about this compromise: We call "traditional" XCP, the thing that's
> > based on CentOS and is delivered as a standalone ISO, the "XCP
> > Distribution". We can then call the Kronos packages, the set of
> > software that is installable on Debian and Ubuntu (and hopefully other
> > distros in the future), the "XCP Toolstack".
> >
> > I think that this solution will remove some of the confusion about
> > which thing is which. Will this be an acceptable compromise to everyone?
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> Okay I am pretty good at dumbing things down and being the dumb
> guy(that's a skill, right?).  Obvious this product/discussion isn't for "i buy
> everything at best buy" clientele, but it should be relatively easy to
> understand.
> 
> XCP is a platform to present, speed up, standardize and help manage XEN-
> Hypervisor, correct? (no gui, just CLI)
> 
> Kronos is a toolstack to do what?  Also help manage the XCP, which is on top
> of Xen-Hypervisor, like XenCenter?  If so, leave it at Kronos (personally I
> know too many apps called Kronos, but i worked I.t. in a mortgage company
> and all those apps had different weird names).  If I am right and Kronos is
> something to help manage Xen Hypervisor (with or without XCP?) then I
> would name it SOMETHING to do with Xen but NOT XCP.
> Maybe XronAPI or something.
> 
> If kronos is another layer AFTER XCP(and XCP is required) I would tie it to 
> XCP
> prefix. If XCP is not required, leave XCP alone. I, a beginner/getting there
> XEN Hypervisor user, only used XCP because it was the easiest to install and
> easiest to manage. I really don't like Xen Center at all, but everything else
> was kind of a bust. And I tried and searched for probably 20 hours straight.
> 
> So my opinion for what it's worth is I WANT A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT
> KRONOS is and how it's different from XCP and what are the benefits to a
> normal admin (not a super high level Linux user).  Does it REQUIRE XCP?
> Sorry I am really trying to just help... sometimes when you are in the thick 
> of
> a project so long you forget just how confusing and deep it is to everyone
> else.

Here's my thinking, based on some discussions I've had with Mike, Jon and a few 
others.

XCP is a framework to allow you to manage Xen deployments.  You can use it in 
two different ways:

1) you can install an out-of-the-box server, with an OS, Xen and the XCP tools, 
using an iso.  This is a distro.
2) you can install the XCP tools (the toolstack) on top of an existing OS and 
Xen deployment.  This is a toolstack.

Project Kronos is a piece of work to provide the XCP tools in a consistent, 
packaged way for a known set of Linux distributions (currently Debian and 
Ubuntu).  It may later include others (CentOS? SuSE? ...).

This seems clear and easy to explain to n00bies (of whom I'm one), and allows 
us to maintain the separateness of the iso (the distro) and the tools packaging 
(the toolstack) whilst acknowledging the dependencies.

I'd love to hear others' thoughts.

-Mike.

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