We have been making some progress on improvements to the Community App Catalog, but this last month things have slowed down some. I wanted to send a note to the mailing list to get a conversation going about what we need to get on the roadmap, and hopefully get some folks committed to helping out. We had been discussing some of this on IRC, in addition to during the weekly scheduled meeting, but I am sure we'll get a broader group engaged by covering this via email.
There are only a few blueprints noted at this time[1], but I plan to add several shortly. The blueprints I will add will cover the design/functionality gaps that we are facing right now. These include: -asset versions and exploring realistic ways to expose changes or updates to assets without requiring visitors to review the repo history -integrating glance as the back-end for holding catalog assets (which will help with search, sort and versions) -horizon integration (Kevin Fox has begun work on this already) -rating/scoring and comments/feedback for individual assets -"subscribing" to an asset so users can be notified of updates/changes -site -UI changes to accommodate more types of assets These alone represent a pretty good bit of work, but there's certainly room to get more done over the next few months. Considering the impact the catalog could have on OpenStack adoption, I'd love to get more feedback around the direction we're headed, and hopefully see better participation. (To that end if you'd like to catch us for a real-time conversation on IRC, please do #openstack-app-catalog). If you have any additional thoughts on things we could do to make the catalog even more meaningful, or have feedback on the tasks ahead please speak up :) This is meant to be a place to find all the things users of OpenStack clouds can do with their environments, so please help us make this into the world class showcase it can be! -Christopher [1]: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/app-catalog __________________________________________________________________________ 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