Nice job Rob Remo
Inviato da iPhone () > Il giorno Jan 9, 2014, alle ore 10:48, <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > Stackers, > > I posted this first on my blog (which is mirrored to Planet OpenStack) and > want to make sure that we reach a broad audience with the information. The > Board heard very clearly that this was an important issues and we’re acting > quickly to resolve it in transparent and community focused way. > > OpenStack Core Definition (DefCore) Progress in 6 key areas > > I’m excited to report about the OpenStack Board progress on defining > OpenStack core. At the Hong Kong summit, Joshua McKenty and I were asked to > chair a new standing committee, now known as DefCore, to define “OpenStack > Core” based on the core principles that we determined over the last 6 months > (aka “the spider”). > Joshua and I took on the challenge with gusto and I’m proud to say that we’ve > already made significant progress against an aggressive timeline to have the > pilot must-pass tests for Havana defined before the Juno Summit in April > 2014. It’s important to remember that we’re moving from a project based > definition of core to test-driven capabilities because this best addresses > our interoperability objectives. > > In the 8 weeks since the summit, we’ve had seven very productive meetings > (etherpads for Prep, DefCore.1, DefCore.2, DefCore.3, Criteria 1 and 2) with > detailed notes and recorded content. Here’s my summary of our results so far: > 1. An Aggressive Timeline for having pilot Havana must-pass tests > approved by the Juno summit in May 2014. That drives the schedule backward > toward a preliminary list in March. Once we have a pilot list for Havana, we > expect to have Ice House done +90 days and Juno done at the Paris summit. > 2. Test Selection Criteria a preliminary set of 14 criteria (needs a > stand alone post) that will be used to quantitatively score the current 700+ > tests. We also agreed to use a max 100 point weighting system for the > criteria. The weights and score requirement iteratively once we have done a > first scoring pass. Our objective is to make must-pass test selection as > objective and transparent as possible (post with details). > 3. Distinction between Capability & Test is important because we > recognize that individual tests may validate multiple capabilities and > individual capabilities may have multiple tests. Our hope is to present the > results in terms of capabilities not individual tests. > 4. Holding Off on Bylaws Changes needed to clarify how OpenStack manage > core definition. It was widely expected that the DefCore committee would > have to make changes to the OpenStack bylaws; however, we believe we can > proceed without rushing changes. We have an active subcommittee preparing > changes in advance of the next DefCore cycle. > 5. Program vs. Project Definition efforts are needed to help take > pressure off requests to have “projects promoted to core status” and how the > OpenStack trademark is used for projects. We are trying to clarify OpenStack > Programs (e.g.: OpenStack™ Compute) carry to the trademark while OpenStack > Projects (e.g.: Nova and Glace) are members of those programs and do not > carry the OpenStack trademark directly. Consequently, we’d expect people to > say “OpenStack Compute Project Nova” instead of “OpenStack Nova.” This > approach addresses several issues that impact DefCore Board activities around > trademark, core and brand. > 6. RefStack Development and Use Cases provide the framework for > community reporting of test results. We consider this infrastructure > critical to getting community input about must-pass tests and also sharing > interoperability information. This effort is just beginning and needs help > from the community. > For all this progress, we are only starting! We’ve cleared the blocks > preventing implementation and that will expose a new set issues to discuss. > Look for us to start applying the criteria to tests in the next months. That > will quickly expose the strengths and weaknesses of our criteria set. We’ve > also got to make progress on Program vs. Project and start RefStack coding. > > We want community participation! Please let us know what you think > > Rob > ______________________________ > Rob Hirschfeld > OpenStack Foundation Board Member, Sr. Distinguished Cloud Solution Architect > Dell | Cloud Edge, Data Center Solutions > blog robhirschfeld.com, twitter @zehicle > Please note, I am based in the CENTRAL (-6) time zone > > !DSPAM:52cef0b6244798768918194! > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > > !DSPAM:52cef0b6244798768918194!
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