[Freeipa-devel] Postponing Topology feature

[Ludwig Krispenz]

On 07/03/2015 04:50 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-07-03 at 08:44 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I had several offline discussions about the Topology feature [1] and what to do
>> with it. Many developers worked pretty hard on making the Topology usable for
>> the upcoming FreeIPA 4.2 release, however, it still misses some of the
>> functionality that would prevent our users from making the best of it.
>>
>> Namely:
>> 1) Dogtag Topology management: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3053
>> 2) Replica Promotion: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2888
>> 3) Graphical topology view: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4286
>>
>> While 3) is mostly an eye candy, without 1) and 2) the current Topology does
>> not have sufficient value for our users to ship it. Also, there could be
>> upgrade issues when 1) is implemented and we may need to introduce another
>> Domain Level.
>>
>> So what we thought would make most sense for FreeIPA 4.2 is to simply release
>> without Topology functionality and postpone it to next version which could
>> follow FreeIPA 4.2 within 1-2 months.
>>
>> Sorry for the inconvenience, but don't worry - Topology is not going anywhere,
>> it's coming! (Just a bit later and with more bells and whistles)
>>
>> [1] https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4302
>>
>> -- 
>> Martin Kosek <mkosek at redhat.com>
>> Supervisor, Software Engineering - Identity Management Team
>> Red Hat Inc.
>>
> +1, I am working on (2) and will like to have a few more weeks to plow
> along as I am discovering various things that may delay it a little bit.
I'll work on (1), did update the ticket with first test, what is 
currently working and what's missing
>
> Simo.
>