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+WARNING
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+
+Some files under this path were copied from tempest as part of the move of the
+api tests, and they will be removed as required over time to minimize the
+dependency on the tempest testing framework.  While it exists, only
+neutron_tempest_plugin.* should be importing files from this path.
+neutron_tempest_plugin.config uses the global cfg.CONF instance and importing it
+outside of the api tests has the potential to break Neutron's use of cfg.CONF.