[openstack-dev] [infra] PTL candidacy
It's time to toss my hat into the ring for Infrastructure PTL, if you'll have me. I wasn't around at the beginning like my illustrious predecessors, but I've been a core reviewer and root sysadmin for OpenStack's community-maintained project infrastructure these past three years. In that time it's been my pleasure to help further the tremendous growth we've experienced as a team and within the OpenStack community as a whole. https://wiki.openstack.org/user:fungi As a free software idealist I'm proud not only of what we accomplish but how we manage to do so without compromising on our standards of transparency and openness, even when it may inconveniently highlight new problems we also need to solve. The Infrastructure team serves as a shining example of how communities can effectively collaborate and produce while not relying on crutches of proprietary, commercial tools. Expect me to continue encouraging our community to make the hard choice in favor of free tools, of being a helpful downstream for the communities of the tools we use, and of acting as a responsible upstream to those who wish to reuse the tools we've written to make our own work possible. Hurtling now headlong into the Big Tent, our team is facing new and interesting scaling challenges. I won't claim to possess easy answers to the dilemmas awaiting us, but am confident in our ability to solve them and will do everything I can to support you all to that end. Great strides have already been made toward reorganizing, delegating and distributing our decision making, and I expect us to continue in those efforts as well as whatever new solutions we will inevitably identify together. The PTL's role is that of a communicator, facilitator, coordinator and mentor; if these are the ways you'd like to see me spend the next six months, then I'd appreciate your vote. -- Jeremy Stanley signature.asc Description: Digital signature __ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
Re: [openstack-dev] [Infra] PTL Candidacy
confirmed On 04/02/2015 05:35 PM, James E. Blair wrote: > I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL. > > I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several > years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Kilo cycle. > > I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and > development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 600. > > In Juno, we have begun a real effort to make the project infrastructure > consumable in its own right. We've made a lot of progress and we're > seeing more people joining this effort as we get closer to the goal of > re-usability. It's starting to pay off, but we still have a lot to do. > > We're also looking at getting into the business of operating an > OpenStack cloud. This is potentially a very exciting new venture, with > a heavily used production cloud available for anyone in OpenStack to see > and alter its operation. We're only just starting this project and hope > to settle on some parameters as soon as we finish up our current > priorities. > > I have also proposed some major changes to the key infrastructure > projects Zuul and Nodepool. In both cases, the intent is to help us > continue to scale out the system to handle more projects easier, and to > make the overall system more comprehensible. > > Those are just three of several important efforts I anticipate this > cycle and they span the spectrum from software development to > operations. Once again, a large part of the work of the PTL this cycle > will be helping to coordinate and facilitate these efforts. > > I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project > infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its > PTL. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > __ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature __ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
[openstack-dev] [Infra] PTL Candidacy
I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL. I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Kilo cycle. I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 600. In Juno, we have begun a real effort to make the project infrastructure consumable in its own right. We've made a lot of progress and we're seeing more people joining this effort as we get closer to the goal of re-usability. It's starting to pay off, but we still have a lot to do. We're also looking at getting into the business of operating an OpenStack cloud. This is potentially a very exciting new venture, with a heavily used production cloud available for anyone in OpenStack to see and alter its operation. We're only just starting this project and hope to settle on some parameters as soon as we finish up our current priorities. I have also proposed some major changes to the key infrastructure projects Zuul and Nodepool. In both cases, the intent is to help us continue to scale out the system to handle more projects easier, and to make the overall system more comprehensible. Those are just three of several important efforts I anticipate this cycle and they span the spectrum from software development to operations. Once again, a large part of the work of the PTL this cycle will be helping to coordinate and facilitate these efforts. I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its PTL. Thanks, Jim __ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
Re: [openstack-dev] [Infra] PTL Candidacy
confirmed On 22/09/14 03:05 PM, James E. Blair wrote: > I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL. > > I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several > years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Juno cycle. > > I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and > development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 400. > > During the Juno cycle, we have just started on a real effort to make the > project infrastructure consumable in its own right. There is a lot of > interest from downstream consumers of our tools but our infrastructure > is not set up for that kind of re-use. We're slowly changing that so > that people who run infrastructure systems similar to ours can > contribute back upstream just like any other OpenStack project. > > I am anticipating a number of changes to the OpenStack project that are > related: the further acceptance of a "Big Tent", and changes to the > gating structure to accommodate it. I believe that changes to our > testing methodology, including a smaller integrated gate and more > functional testing which we outlined at the QA/Infra sprint fit right > into that. These are multi-release efforts, and I am looking forward to > continuing them in Kilo. > > All of these efforts mean a lot of new people working on a lot of new > areas of the Infrastructure program in parallel. A big part of the work > in the next cycle will be helping to coordinate those efforts and make > the Infrastructure program a little less monolithic to support all of > this work. > > I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project > infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its > PTL. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > ___ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
[openstack-dev] [Infra] PTL Candidacy
I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL. I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Juno cycle. I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 400. During the Juno cycle, we have just started on a real effort to make the project infrastructure consumable in its own right. There is a lot of interest from downstream consumers of our tools but our infrastructure is not set up for that kind of re-use. We're slowly changing that so that people who run infrastructure systems similar to ours can contribute back upstream just like any other OpenStack project. I am anticipating a number of changes to the OpenStack project that are related: the further acceptance of a "Big Tent", and changes to the gating structure to accommodate it. I believe that changes to our testing methodology, including a smaller integrated gate and more functional testing which we outlined at the QA/Infra sprint fit right into that. These are multi-release efforts, and I am looking forward to continuing them in Kilo. All of these efforts mean a lot of new people working on a lot of new areas of the Infrastructure program in parallel. A big part of the work in the next cycle will be helping to coordinate those efforts and make the Infrastructure program a little less monolithic to support all of this work. I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its PTL. Thanks, Jim ___ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
Re: [openstack-dev] [Infra] PTL Candidacy
confirmed On 03/28/2014 11:19 AM, James E. Blair wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL. > > I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several > years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Icehouse cycle. > > I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and > development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 250. > > We face more scaling challenges of a different nature this cycle. > Interest in our development tools and processes in their own right has > increased dramatically. This is great for us and the project as it > provides new opportunities for contributions. Helping the > infrastructure projects evolve into more widely useful tools while > maintaining the sharp focus on serving OpenStack's needs that made them > compelling in the first place is a challenge I look forward to. > > The amazing growth of the third-party CI system is an area where we can > make a lot of improvement. During Icehouse, everyone was under deadline > pressure so we tried to limit system or process modifications that would > impact that. During Juno, I would like to improve the experience both > for third-party CI providers as well as the developers who use their > results. > > I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project > infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its > PTL. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > ___ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > ___ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
[openstack-dev] [Infra] PTL Candidacy
Hi, I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL. I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Icehouse cycle. I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 250. We face more scaling challenges of a different nature this cycle. Interest in our development tools and processes in their own right has increased dramatically. This is great for us and the project as it provides new opportunities for contributions. Helping the infrastructure projects evolve into more widely useful tools while maintaining the sharp focus on serving OpenStack's needs that made them compelling in the first place is a challenge I look forward to. The amazing growth of the third-party CI system is an area where we can make a lot of improvement. During Icehouse, everyone was under deadline pressure so we tried to limit system or process modifications that would impact that. During Juno, I would like to improve the experience both for third-party CI providers as well as the developers who use their results. I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its PTL. Thanks, Jim ___ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
