Actions :: UUID vs. Tag on command line

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

It was my mistake to call it a hash.. it may be just a random id, in hex
form. Alternatively, use a service-specific sequence number so it's better
suited to humans. In the latter case, the sequence number must
realistically reflect the sequence in which the actions are submitted to
units, otherwise it would be confusing.
On Fri Oct 24 2014 at 3:51:04 PM John Weldon <johnweldon4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Gustavo;
>
> I think a hash would be good too.  I'll see what I can find in the juju
> code base around hash representations of id's, or come up with something.
> Any suggestions on how to generate and translate the hash are welcome too.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --
> John Weldon
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Gustavo Niemeyer <
> gustavo.niemeyer at canonical.com> wrote:
>
>> The "tag" (which might be better named "internal id") looks like an
>> implementation detail which doesn't seem right to expose. I'd suggest
>> either giving it a proper representation that the user can understand (a
>> sequential action number, for example), or use a hash. I'd also not use a
>> UUID, btw, but rather just a unique hash.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri Oct 24 2014 at 2:55:45 PM John Weldon <johnweldon4 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi;
>>>
>>> The current actions spec
>>> <https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/14W1-QqB1pXZxyZW5QzFFoDwxxeQXBUzgj8IUkLId6cc/edit?usp=sharing>
>>> indicates that the actions command line should return a UUID as the
>>> identifier for an action once it's been en-queued using 'juju do <action>'.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there a compelling reason to use UUID's to identify actions, versus
>>> using the string representation of the Tag?
>>>
>>>
>>> A UUID would require a command something like:
>>>   juju status action:9e1e5aa0-5b9d-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66
>>>
>>> which maybe we could shorten to:
>>>   juju status action:9e1e5aa0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would prefer something like:
>>>   juju status action:mysq/0_a_3
>>>
>>> which would be the string representation of the actions Tag.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there a compelling reason to use UUID?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
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