rally/doc/specs/implemented/split_plugins.rst

Re-organize Plugins

Move all plugins under rally/plugins to simplify Rally code base

Problem description

Rally code is coupled with Rally engine and infra as well as Openstack specific code. This makes contribution harder as new-comers need to understand Rally code as well as many different plugins. It also makes reviewing much harder.

Proposed change

Moving all plugins under a single directory, with "Openstack" as its sub-directory would make everything simpler.

Alternatives

None comes to mind.

Implementation

rally/
 |
 +-- plugins/
         |
         +-- common/
         |     |
         |     +-- runners/
         |     +-- sla/
         |     +-- contexts/
         |     +-- scenarios/
         |
         +-- openstack/
               |
               +-- runners/
               +-- sla/
               +-- contexts/
               +-- scenarios/

NOTE: looking at the current code base we can see that:

1. All runners and sla will go under common.
2. All contexts will go under openstack.
3. Most of scenarios (except for dummy) will go under openstack.

Assignee(s)

• yfried
• boris-42

Work Items

• Move all OpenStack related plugins and code under plugins/openstack/ and all other plugins code under plugins/common/.

Dependencies

• Plugin unification