[Maas-devel] RFC: "Serialising" power actions

[Julian Edwards]

On Monday 10 Nov 2014 22:14:57 Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> On 07/10/14 01:40, Julian Edwards wrote:
> > Perhaps the best approach is to not have a queue in MAAS at all and then
> > it
> > becomes very, very simple.  The user can request an action.  They can
> > cancel that action (at their own risk, as it will leave the power in an
> > unknown state).  Simple is easy to understand, has no surprises, is easy
> > to implement and a vastly easier API for users to write client-side code.
> 
> An easier API that leaves "the power in an unknown state" is not a very
> good outcome ;)
> 
> Mark

I think it's fine.  We have other API calls that subsequently let you find out 
what the state is, and if *that* doesn't work then your node is broken!

J.
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