Hacking Checks

The neutron_lib.hacking package implements a number of public flake8 checks intended to help adopters validate their compliance with the latest hacking standards.

To adopt neutron-lib’s hacking checks:

1. Update your project’s tox.ini to include hacking checks from neutron-lib. More specifically, copy hacking checks under “Checks for neutron and related projects” in [flake8.local-plugin] extension in neutron-lib tox.ini to [flake8.local-plugin] extension in your project’s tox.ini.

   For example in your tox.ini:

   [flake8:local-plugins]
   extension =
     # Checks from neutron-lib
     N521 = neutron_lib.hacking.checks:use_jsonutils
     N529 = neutron_lib.hacking.checks:no_mutable_default_args
     N530 = neutron_lib.hacking.checks:check_neutron_namespace_imports
     N532 = neutron_lib.hacking.translation_checks:check_log_warn_deprecated
     N534 = neutron_lib.hacking.translation_checks:check_raised_localized_exceptions
     N536 = neutron_lib.hacking.checks:assert_equal_none
     N537 = neutron_lib.hacking.translation_checks:no_translate_logs
   

   Under certain circumstances, adopters may need to ignore specific neutron-lib hacking checks temporarily. You can ignore such checks just by commenting out them (hopefully with a proper reason).

   If your project has its own hacking checks, you can add more rules to [flake8.local-plugin] extension along with hacking checks from neutron-lib.

2. Update your project’s tox.ini enable any flake8 extensions neutron-lib’s tox.ini does. These are hacking checks otherwise disabled by default that neutron-lib expects to run.

   For example in neutron-lib’s tox.ini:

   [flake8]
   # H904: Delay string interpolations at logging calls
   enable-extensions=H904
   

   In the example above, adopters should also add H904 to the enable-extensions in their tox.ini.

3. Actively adopt neutron-lib hacking checks by running and monitoring the neutron-lib periodic job (as per stadium guidelines and watching for announcements. Announcements regarding neutron-lib adopter hacking checks will be communicated via openstack-discuss email list and neutron meetings.