Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread John Garbutt
On 05/14/15 21:04, Boris Pavlovic wrote: I believe that backlog should be different much simpler then specs. Agreed. And they are. Imho Operators don't have time / don't want to write long long specs and analyze how they are aligned with specs or moreover how they should be implemented and

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread Sean Dague
On 05/15/2015 07:20 AM, Boris Pavlovic wrote: John, So, you can have all details in the spec, or you can have only the problem statement complete. Its up to you as a submitter how much detail you want to provide. I would recommend adding rough ideas into the alternatives

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread Boris Pavlovic
John, So, you can have all details in the spec, or you can have only the problem statement complete. Its up to you as a submitter how much detail you want to provide. I would recommend adding rough ideas into the alternatives section, and leaving everything else blank except the problem

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread Boris Pavlovic
Sean, Adding most features to most projects requires a reasonable conversation about how that impacts other parts of that project, and other projects in OpenStack, and how it impacts existing deploys of OpenStack, and compatibility between OpenStack implementations in the field, especially as

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-14 Thread Maish Saidel-Keesing
On 05/14/15 21:04, Boris Pavlovic wrote: John, I believe that backlog should be different much simpler then specs. Imho Operators don't have time / don't want to write long long specs and analyze how they are aligned with specs or moreover how they should be implemented and how they impact

[Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-14 Thread John Garbutt
Hi, I was talking with Matt (VW) about how best some large deployment working sessions could send their requirements to Nova. As an operator, if you have a problem that needs fixing or use case that needs addressing, a great way of raising that issue with the developer community is a Backlog