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My candidacy for Kilo Compute PTL

Post author:mikal
Post published:September 30, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

This is mostly historical at this point, but I forgot to post it here when I emailed it a week or so ago. So, for future reference: I'd like another term as Compute PTL, if you'll have me. We live in interesting times. openstack has clearly gained a large amount of mind share in the open cloud marketplace, with Nova being a very commonly deployed component. Yet, we don't have a fantastic container solution, which is our biggest feature gap at this point. Worse -- we have a code base with a huge number of bugs filed against it, an unreliable gate because of subtle bugs in our code and interactions with other openstack code, and have a continued need to add features to stay relevant. These are hard problems to solve. Interestingly, I think the solution to these problems calls for a social approach, much like I argued for in my Juno PTL candidacy email. The problems we face aren't purely technical -- we need to work out how to pay down our technical debt without blocking all new features. We also need to ask for understanding and patience from those feature authors as we try and improve the…

Review priorities as we approach juno-3

Post author:mikal
Post published:August 15, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

I just send this email out to openstack-dev, but I am posting it here in case it makes it more discoverable to people drowning in email: To: openstack-dev Subject: [nova] Review priorities as we approach juno-3 Hi. We're rapidly approaching j-3, so I want to remind people of the current reviews that are high priority. The definition of high priority I am using here is blueprints that are marked high priority in launchpad that have outstanding code for review -- I am sure there are other reviews that are important as well, but I want us to try to land more blueprints than we have so far. These are listed in the order they appear in launchpad. == Compute Manager uses Objects (Juno Work) == https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+project:openstack/nova+branch:master+topic:bp/compute-manager-objects-juno,n,z This is ongoing work, but if you're after some quick code review points they're very easy to review and help push the project forward in an important manner. == Move Virt Drivers to use Objects (Juno Work) == I couldn't actually find any code out for review for this one apart from https://review.openstack.org/#/c/94477/, is there more out there? == Add a virt driver for Ironic == This one is in progress, but we need…

Expectations of core reviewers

Post author:mikal
Post published:August 13, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

One of the action items from the nova midcycle was that I was asked to make nova's expectations of core reviews more clear. This blog post is an attempt at that. Nova expects a minimum level of sustained code reviews from cores. In the past this has been generally held to be in the order of two code reviews a day, which is a pretty low bar compared to the review workload of many cores. I feel that existing cores understand this requirement well, and I am mostly stating it here for completeness. Additionally, there is increasing levels of concern that cores need to be on the same page about the criteria we hold code to, as well as the overall direction of nova. While the weekly meetings help here, it was agreed that summit attendance is really important to cores. Its the way we decide where we're going for the next cycle, as well as a chance to make sure that people are all pulling in the same direction and trust each other. There is also a strong preference for midcycle meetup attendance, although I understand that can sometimes be hard to arrange. My stance is that I'd like…

Thoughts from the PTL

Post author:mikal
Post published:April 15, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

I sent this through to the openstack-dev mailing list (you can see the thread here), but I want to put it here as well for people who don't actively follow the mailing list. First off, thanks for electing me as the Nova PTL for Juno. I find the outcome of the election both flattering and daunting. I'd like to thank Dan and John for running as PTL candidates as well -- I strongly believe that a solid democratic process is part of what makes OpenStack so successful, and that isn't possible without people being will to stand up during the election cycle. I'm hoping to send out regular emails to this list with my thoughts about our current position in the release process. Its early in the cycle, so the ideas here aren't fully formed yet -- however I'd rather get feedback early and often, in case I'm off on the wrong path. What am I thinking about at the moment? The following things: * a mid cycle meetup. I think the Icehouse meetup was a great success, and I'd like to see us do this again in Juno. I'd also like to get the location and venue nailed down…

Juno Nova PTL Candidacy

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 30, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

This is a repost of an email to the openstack-dev list, which is mostly here for historical reasons. Hi. I would like to run for the OpenStack Compute PTL position as well. I have been an active nova developer since late 2011, and have been a core reviewer for quite a while. I am currently serving on the Technical Committee, where I have recently been spending my time liaising with the board about how to define what software should be able to use the OpenStack trade mark. I've also served on the vulnerability management team, and as nova bug czar in the past. I have extensive experience running Open Source community groups, having served on the TC, been the Director for linux.conf.au 2013, as well as serving on the boards of various community groups over the years. In Icehouse I hired a team of nine software engineers who are all working 100% on OpenStack at Rackspace Australia, developed and deployed the turbo hipster third party CI system along with Joshua Hesketh, as well as writing nova code. I recognize that if I am successful I will need to rearrange my work responsibilities, and my management is supportive of that. The…

Havana Nova PTL elections

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 14, 2013
Post category:OpenStack

This is just a quick reminder that there are only a couple more days to vote in the Nova PTL elections for the Havana cycle. If you're eligible to vote, you should have a voting URL in your email. The candidates: Russell Bryant -- announcement Michael Still -- announcement The incumbent PTL, Vishvananda Ishaya, has chosen not to run.