glance/doc/source/admin/requirements.rst
Takashi Kajinami 205ca3336a Remove sendfile support
pysendfile[1] was added as an optional dependency but the library
hasn't been maintained and has got no release since 2014.

What is worse, the sendfile implementation is not actually working
since The SendFileIterator class was removed[2]. (Follow-up[3] removed
the remaining reference to the class). The broken implementation has
not been detected because the client is not currently used to upload
contents.

Remove the incomplete implementation to get rid of the dependency on
the unmaintained library.

[1] https://pypi.org/project/pysendfile/
[2] 76c3620c7effb15be577450c276db1e394c2de3e
[3] 0c151d7d7ea00627fad182898958db55b1fef3fd

Closes-Bug: #2062573
Change-Id: Ia4784f59d16660e8d40c0e409f092ac4e46870b4
2024-05-02 09:20:59 +00:00

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Requirements
============
External Requirements Affecting Glance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Like other OpenStack projects, Glance uses some external libraries for a subset
of its features. Some examples include the ``qemu-img`` utility used by the
tasks feature, ``pydev`` to debug using popular IDEs, ``python-xattr`` for
Image Cache using "xattr" driver.
On the other hand, if ``dnspython`` is installed in the environment, Glance
provides a workaround to make it work with IPV6.
Additionally, some libraries like ``xattr`` are not compatible when
using Glance on Windows (see :ref:`the documentation on config options
affecting the Image Cache <configuring>`).
Guideline to include your requirement in the requirements.txt file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As described above, we don't include all the possible requirements needed by
Glance features in the source tree requirements file. So, when an operator
decides to use an **advanced feature** in Glance, we ask them to check the
documentation/guidelines for those features to set up the feature in a workable
way. In order to reduce the operator pain, the development team likes to work
with different operators to figure out when a popular feature should have its
dependencies included in the requirements file. However, there's a tradeoff in
including more of requirements in source tree as it becomes more painful for
packagers. So, it is a bit of a haggle among different stakeholders and a
judicious decision is taken by the project PTL or release liaison to determine
the outcome.
To simplify the identification of an **advanced feature** in Glance we can
think of it as something not being used and deployed by most of the
upstream/known community members.
To name a few features that have been identified as advanced:
* glance tasks
* image signing
* image prefetcher
* glance db purge utility
* image locations
Steps to include your requirement in the requirements.txt file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. First step is to propose a change against the ``openstack/requirements``
project to include the requirement(s) as a part of ``global-requirements`` and
``upper-constraints`` files.
2. If your requirement is not a part of the project, you will have to propose a
change adding that requirement to the requirements.txt file in Glance. Please
include a ``Depends-On: <ChangeID>`` flag in the commit message, where the
``ChangeID`` is the gerrit ID of corresponding change against
``openstack/requirements`` project.
3. A sync bot then syncs the global requirements into project requirements on a
regular basis, so any updates to the requirements are synchronized on a timely
basis.