On 06/27/2015 11:06 AM, Jeff Learman wrote:
I'm an OpenStack newbie, but a seasoned programmer with decades of
experience in data communications (especially IP stack lower layers) and
embedded systems. I'm fluent in Python, C, C++, and Java.
I'm looking for some pro-bono work to do, and am open to any
suggestions, advice, or pleas for help. I'll need a bit of mentoring,
mostly in terms of mentioning terms to study up on.
I know about as much about OpenStack as I can learn from the Wikipedia
entry. I started setting it up on Ubuntu on Cisco UCS for a project
where I worked, but no longer work there. I don't have any resources
other than a Windows laptop and the Internet, but I could wrestle up an
x86-based Linux box if necessary (not a rack server, though -- low
budget, I'd take an old tower, install a new MOBO, and go from there.)
I'm willing to do tedious grunt work, as long as I'm learning something
in the process (at least, to begin with.) For example, if there's a
desire to convert to Python 3, that'd be a great way to get involved,
learn a lot, and make a contribution, with minimal deep knowledge
required about OpenStack, and hopefully relatively minimal risk.
Hi Jeff! Welcome to the OpenStack community! :)
Dims and Steve had some great suggestions. I would add one specific
low-hanging fruit item that wasn't on the nova-low-hanging-fruit
etherpad until just now when I added it: unit test cleanups.
There are a ton of unit tests in Nova that use the mox/stubout library
instead of the (now-standard in Py3K) mock library. We'd love to get the
older test cases slowly converted over time. Converting the test cases
can be done in an iterative fashion; allows the submitter to learn new
parts of the Nova source code in an slow, metered fashion; and the
contributor can feel good about making test code easier to read and
rationalize about.
I'm on #openstack-nova most of the time. Feel free to hit me up with
questions. Happy to assist ya :)
Best,
-jay
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