Docs overhaul follow up - c-box, p-box duality

[Ara Pulido]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Maciej Kisielewski
<maciej.kisielewski at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hey folks!
>
> As I spent some time improving the docs, some concerns/question came to my
> mind.
> I would like to discuss them, and probably reforge them into future stories.
> It all boils down to Checkbox / Plainbox duality.
>
> Checkbox and Checkbox-Converged have practically the same functionality.
> Anyone using launchers knows they're running Checkbox. Yet, Plainbox is not
> only known to end-users, but it's also required, to run some scenarios,
> like:
> - starting a provider
> - running one, particular job
> - listing units
>
> As a result, end-users, or devs starting to hack something in Checkbox*,
> are getting perplexed.
>
> Then there's the naming issue. There are plainbox units, providers, and so
> on. Perplexity intensifies.
>
> I know that renaming stuff to be checkbox * would be a small revolution, so
> first I would like to move all Plainbox functionality (as in $ plainbox
> invocation) to Checkbox (-cli).
> This way no one will be recommended to run plainbox at any point.

I think this is a great idea

+1

>
> Second step would be to transplant/copy Plainbox docs chapters related to
> units syntax (and all else not dev-related) to Checkbox docs.

I think this can be done as the first step. I think we should move all
docs to checkbox, and keep the plainbox docs to just a pointer to the
checkbox ones.

I don't think it is really needed to have both.

What do you think?

Thanks for starting this!
Ara.

>
> Third, the aforementioned revolution of renaming stuff, which might not be
> worth one's while.
>
> I understand why Checkbox / Plainbox separation came to be, but those two
> Checkbox are the only two real Plainbox applications, so I would like to
> make them easier to use for all clients and stakeholders.
>
> Oh, and BTW, internally I still want the split of core and app, as it is
> today.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> --
> Have a good one,
> Maciek
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