[openstack-dev] [Neutron] Neutron Tempest code sprint - 2nd week of January, Montreal, QC, Canada

Kyle Mestery (kmestery) kmestery at cisco.com
Fri Nov 15 16:01:44 UTC 2013


On Nov 15, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Russell Bryant <rbryant at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 11/13/2013 11:10 AM, Anita Kuno wrote:
>> Neutron Tempest code sprint
>> 
>> In the second week of January in Montreal, Quebec, Canadathere will be a
>> Neutron Tempest code sprint to improve the status of Neutron tests in
>> Tempest and to add new tests.
> 
> First off, I think anything regarding putting more effort into this is
> great.  However, I *beg* the Neutron team not to wait until this week to
> make significant progress.
> 
> To be clear, IMO, this is already painfully late.  It's one of the
> largest items blocking deprecation of nova-network and moving forward
> with Neutron.  This spring is just a couple weeks before icehouse-2.
> Come i2, mid-cycle, we're going to have make a call on whether or not
> nova-network deprecation seems likely.  If not, we really can't wait
> around and I will probably propose un-freezing nova-network.
> 
>> The event will be vendor neutral. We will talk to each other based on
>> who we are and our interests, not based on who signs our paycheque. If
>> folks arrive with logoed shirts (I don't know which logos are work logos
>> and which aren't, so I will request no logos please) I will issue you a
>> white T-shirt to wear. We need to work collaboratively to effectlvely
>> make progress during the code sprint.
> 
> I'm all for promoting a culture of individuals and vendor neutrality.
> However, I think this requirement is bizarre and unnecessary.  From a
> practical standpoint, many people (myself included) get a ton of shirts
> at conferences, so a lot of my clothes have tech company logos.  If you
> actually get people to show up to an event dedicated to working on
> testing, who cares what shirt they have on?
> 
> "I will issue you a white T-shirt"?!  Are you serious?
> 
>> Someone at the summit choose not to wear footwear at the event. If you
>> want to come to the code sprint please plan on wearing appropriate
>> footwear in the public areas at the code sprint. For two reasons:
>> 1. It will be cold.
>> 2. The event is meant to facilitate mutual respect between us to
>> increase communication, both at the event and afterwards. I feel wearing
>> appropriate footwear supports this goal.
> 
> It's Winter in Canada... I'd be quite surprised if someone went without
> shoes.
> 
> I love the idea, but this stuff is just a big turn-off.

Huge +1 from me as well. The sprint and Tempest work is great, the
clothing requirements are going to make people not take this seriously.
I feel these were not necessary.





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