On 08/15/2014 02:53 PM, Russell Bryant wrote: > On 08/15/2014 02:45 PM, Eric Windisch wrote: >> I have proposed a _silent_ check for Nova for integration of the Docker >> driver: >> >> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/114547/ >> >> It has been established that this code cannot move back into Nova until >> the tests are running and have a solid history of success. That cannot >> happen unless we're allowed to run the tests. Running a silent check on >> changes to Nova is the first step in establishing that history. >> >> Joe Gordon suggests we need a spec to bring the driver back into Nova. >> Besides the fact that specs are closed and there is no intention of >> reintegrating the driver for Juno, I'm uncertain of proposing a spec >> without first having solid history of successful testing, especially >> given the historical context of this driver's relationship with Nova. >> >> If we could enable silent checks, we could help minimize API skew and >> branch breakages, improving driver quality and reducing maintenance >> while we prepare for the Kilo spec + merge windows. Furthermore, by >> having a history of testing, we can seek faster inclusion into Kilo. >> >> Finally, I acknowledge that we may be entering a window of significant >> load on the CI servers and I'm sensitive to the needs of the >> infrastructure team to remain both focused and to conserve precious >> compute resources. If this is an issue, then I'd like to plot a >> timeline, however rough, with the infrastructure team. > > CI resources aside, I think enabling it sounds fine and useful. > > Given resource concerns, maybe just adding it to the experimental > pipeline would be sufficient? That doesn't run as often, but still > gives you the chance to run on demand against nova patches. There are > other things in experimental for nova as well, so there will be other > people triggering runs. >
And I missed that it's already in experimental. Oops. Feature freeze is only a few weeks away (Sept 4). How about we just leave it in experimental until after that big push? That seems pretty reasonable. -- Russell Bryant _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
