[Gluster-users] Feedback on CLI message outputs

[James]

Hi there,

I'm currently using the --xml flag when running gluster via automatic
scripts such as via puppet exec. Please keep this stable :)

Thank you!
James


On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 12:31 +0530, Amar Tumballi wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> We are in the process of improving our log messages, and message outputs 
> through CLI. As a first step, we want to make sure our CLI outputs are 
> both meaningful and script friendly (for people who want to use the CLI 
> output in their scripts).
> 
> We are taking few baby steps in this regard in upstream (master branch). 
> I recently sent a patch http://review.gluster.com/3753 which tries to 
> separate out most of the error messages by outputting it to stderr 
> instead of stdout.
> 
> In the meantime, I tried to keep it script friendly too. With that patch 
> going in, the problem is, if any of you have written scripts which greps 
> for specific pattern in the CLI output, will be broken when the next 
> major release happens.
> 
> So, I want your feed back on getting it right by involving you all to 
> make the messages more friendlier to both script writers, and also to 
> admins who would understand the messages properly. (ie, meaning of the 
> messages should be unambiguous).
> 
> To try to see the difference in CLI outputs, you need to checkout git 
> repo, and build locally, as there are no releases available at the moment.
> 
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Amar
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