JSON format for power management

[tpatki]

Create an RFC for standardized vendor-neutral interaction with libraries such as variorum to interact with Flux, and to allow for interfacing with other power management libraries/APIs such as PowerAPI or PlatformIO should they choose to implement a JSON interface to Flux.

[dongahn]

Thank you for opening this up, @tpatki!

[tpatki]

@dongahn: Is there a guideline on how to write RFCs? Should I just follow the format of the other RFCs we have under Flux? I've never written an RFC, so making sure the first cut I have is in the correct direction.

Once we have a first cut, I am assuming the Flux team can iterate over it. And once we are in agreement, @slabasan and I will also iterate over these in the PowerStack working group meetings.

[dongahn]

@tpatki: I don't think we have RFC for RFC :-). Modeling after other RFCs make sense. @grondo or @garlick?

[grondo]

Yes, just follow an existing example. Be sure to use the language definitions from ietf RFC 2119 (as the other RFCs do). The process for developing an RFC is the same as other PRs (C4.1, with modifications noted at the bottom of rfc/README)