[Gluster-devel] [Gluster-Maintainers] Proposal to change the version numbers of Gluster project

[Vijay Bellur]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:48 PM, Atin Mukherjee <amukherj at redhat.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Vijay Bellur <vbellur at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Shyam Ranganathan <srangana at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On 03/14/2018 07:04 PM, Joe Julian wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 03/14/2018 02:25 PM, Vijay Bellur wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 4:25 AM, Kaleb S. KEITHLEY
>>> >> <kkeithle at redhat.com <mailto:kkeithle at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>     On 03/12/2018 02:32 PM, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
>>> >>     > On 03/12/2018 10:34 AM, Atin Mukherjee wrote:
>>> >>     >>       *
>>> >>     >>
>>> >>     >>         After 4.1, we want to move to either continuous
>>> >>     numbering (like
>>> >>     >>         Fedora), or time based (like ubuntu etc) release
>>> >>     numbers. Which
>>> >>     >>         is the model we pick is not yet finalized. Happy to
>>> >>     hear opinions.
>>> >>     >>
>>> >>     >>
>>> >>     >> Not sure how the time based release numbers would make more
>>> >>     sense than
>>> >>     >> the one which Fedora follows. But before I comment further on
>>> >>     this I
>>> >>     >> need to first get a clarity on how the op-versions will be
>>> >>     managed. I'm
>>> >>     >> assuming once we're at GlusterFS 4.1, post that the releases
>>> >>     will be
>>> >>     >> numbered as GlusterFS5, GlusterFS6 ... So from that
>>> >>     perspective, are we
>>> >>     >> going to stick to our current numbering scheme of op-version
>>> >>     where for
>>> >>     >> GlusterFS5 the op-version will be 50000?
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > Say, yes.
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > The question is why tie the op-version to the release number?
>>> That
>>> >>     > mental model needs to break IMO.
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > With current options like,
>>> >>     > https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Upgrade-Guide/op_version/
>>> >>     <https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Upgrade-Guide/op_version/>
>>> it is
>>> >>     > easier to determine the op-version of the cluster and what it
>>> >>     should be,
>>> >>     > and hence this need not be tied to the gluster release version.
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > Thoughts?
>>> >>
>>> >>     I'm okay with that, but——
>>> >>
>>> >>     Just to play the Devil's Advocate, having an op-version that bears
>>> >>     some
>>> >>     resemblance to the _version_ number may make it easy/easier to
>>> >>     determine
>>> >>     what the op-version ought to be.
>>> >>
>>> >>     We aren't going to run out of numbers, so there's no reason to be
>>> >>     "efficient" here. Let's try to make it easy. (Easy to not make a
>>> >>     mistake.)
>>> >>
>>> >>     My 2¢
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> +1 to the overall release cadence change proposal and what Kaleb
>>> >> mentions here.
>>> >>
>>> >> Tying op-versions to release numbers seems like an easier approach
>>> >> than others & one to which we are accustomed to. What are the benefits
>>> >> of breaking this model?
>>> >>
>>> > There is a bit of confusion among the user base when a release happens
>>> > but the op-version doesn't have a commensurate bump. People ask why
>>> they
>>> > can't set the op-version to match the gluster release version they have
>>> > installed. If it was completely disconnected from the release version,
>>> > that might be a great enough mental disconnect that the expectation
>>> > could go away which would actually cause less confusion.
>>>
>>> Above is the reason I state it as well (the breaking of the mental model
>>> around this), why tie it together when it is not totally related. I also
>>> agree that, the notion is present that it is tied together and hence
>>> related, but it may serve us better to break it.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I see your perspective. Another related reason for not introducing an
>> op-version bump in a new release would be that there are no incompatible
>> features introduced (in the new release). Hence it makes sense to preserve
>> the older op-version.
>>
>> To make everyone's lives simpler, would it be useful to introduce a
>> command that provides the max op-version to release number mapping? The
>> output of the command could look like:
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>> op-version X: 3.7.0 to 3.7.11
>> op-version Y: 3.7.12 to x.y.z
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> We already have introduced an option called cluster.max-op-version where
> one can run a command like "gluster v get all cluster.max-op-version" to
> determine what highest op-version the cluster can be bumped up to. IMO,
> this helps users not to look at the document for at given x.y.z release the
> op-version has to be bumped up to XXXXX .  Isn't that sufficient for this
> requirement?
>


I think it is a more elegant solution than what I described.  Do we have a
single interface to determine the current & max op-versions of all members
in the trusted storage pool? If not, it might be an useful enhancement to
add at some point in time.

If we don't hear much complaints about op-version mismatches from users, I
think the CLI you described could be sufficient for understanding the
cluster operating version.


Thanks,
Vijay
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