Hi-
Last cycle, the TB granted a provisional Micro Release Exception
[1] for the OpenStack Essex core components (Nova, Glance, Horizon,
Keystone) to
help speed up the process of getting upstream stable release into
Ubuntu. Since
then, two new core components were added to the OpenStack core during
the Folsom
cycle: cinder and quantum. These made their way into the main Ubuntu
archive
for Quantal. I would like to request the cinder and quantum packages
be added
to the current MRE to facilitate quick and coordinated stable updates to
OpenStack users across all core components.
The same quality assurances made for Nova, Glance, Horizon and Keystone
are true
for Quantum and Cinder:
- Low-volume, bug fix only upstream branches.
- Upstream commits are required to pass per-review and numerous gating tests
before they are eligible for merging.
- The Ubuntu Server team continues its QA efforts around stable branches,
providing per-commit build and integration testing for all changes
merged into
any of the core stable branches upstream.
- As members of the OpenStack Stable Branch Maintainer team, Dave Walker and
Chuck Short continue to help keep and eye on what stable fixes land
upstream.
To date, the existing MRE has proven to be extremely helpful in ensuring
upstream stable updates are pushed out to Ubuntu users in a timely
manner. Both
the Ubuntu Server Team and the OpenStack project have spent a great deal
of time
refining the process and tooling around stable updates. Last cycle,
were able
to push out a thoroughly tested batch update to precise-updates [2] that
closed
74 bugs across 4 projects with no reports of regressions. At the OpenStack
Developer Summit in October, the project defined a release schedule [3] for
stable Folsom updates allowing downstreams and users to better plan,
test and
prepare accordingly. We are currently in the process of preparing and
testing
the first of these stable Folsom updates for Quantal SRU and hope to
have Cinder
and Quantum fixes pushed out alongside the others.
Best,
Adam Gandelman
[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.technical-board/807
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/+bug/1041120
[3] https://etherpad.openstack.org/process-stable-branch
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