There’s been a lot of talk recently about what we should include in OpenStack and what is out of scope. This is interesting, in that many of us used to believe that we should do ”everything”. I think what’s changed is that we’re learning that solving all the problems in the world is hard, and…
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Blueprints implemented in Nova during Juno
As we get closer to releasing the RC1 of Nova for Juno, I’ve started collecting a list of all the blueprints we implemented in Juno. This was mostly done because it helps me write the release notes, but I am posting it here because I am sure that others will find it handy too. Process…
Chronological list of Juno Nova mid-cycle meetup posts
This is a just a quick list of the posts I wrote summarizing the Juno Nova mid-cycle meetup in the right order to read them, because I didn’t actually have that online before. I needed to send this list to someone, so I figured its easier to just post it here. Juno nova mid-cycle meetup…
My candidacy for Kilo Compute PTL
This is mostly historical at this point, but I forgot to post it here when I emailed it a week or so ago. So, for future reference: I’d like another term as Compute PTL, if you’ll have me. We live in interesting times. openstack has clearly gained a large amount of mind share in the…
Juno nova mid-cycle meetup summary: conclusion
There’s been a lot of content in this series about the Juno Nova mid-cycle meetup, so thanks to those who followed along with me. I’ve also received a lot of positive feedback about the posts, so I am thinking the exercise is worthwhile, and will try to be more organized for the next mid-cycle (and…
Juno nova mid-cycle meetup summary: the next generation Nova API
This is the final post in my series covering the highlights from the Juno Nova mid-cycle meetup. In this post I will cover our next generation API, which used to be called the v3 API but is largely now referred to as the v2.1 API. Getting to this point has been one of the more…
Juno nova mid-cycle meetup summary: nova-network to Neutron migration
This will be my second last post about the Juno Nova mid-cycle meetup, which covers the state of play for work on the nova-network to Neutron upgrade. First off, some background information. Neutron (formerly Quantum) was developed over a long period of time to replace nova-network, and added to the OpenStack Folsom release. The development…
Juno nova mid-cycle meetup summary: slots
If I had to guess what would be a controversial topic from the mid-cycle meetup, it would have to be this slots proposal. I was actually in a Technical Committee meeting when this proposal was first made, but I’m told there were plenty of people in the room keen to give this idea a try….
Juno nova mid-cycle meetup summary: scheduler
This post is in a series covering the discussions at the Juno Nova mid-cycle meetup. This post will cover the current state of play of our scheduler refactoring efforts. The scheduler refactor has been running for a fair while now, dating back to at least the Hong Kong summit (so about 1.5 release cycles ago)….
Juno nova mid-cycle meetup summary: bug management
Welcome to the next exciting installment of the Nova Juno mid-cycle meetup summary. In the previous chapter, our hero battled a partially complete cells implementation, by using his +2 smile of good intentions. In this next exciting chapter, watch him battle our seemingly never ending pile of bugs! Sorry, now that I’m on to my…