<div dir="ltr">Folks, <div><br></div><div>I finally got over my fear of weather and booked my flight and hotel for this sprint. </div><div><br></div><div style>I am relatively new to OpenStack community with a strong desire to learn and contribute. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>You may have seen that "Arista Testing" has come alive and is voting on the newly submitted neutron patches. I have been busy putting together the framework, and learning the Jenkins/Gerrit interface. Now, I have shifted my focus on Neutron/networking tempest tests. I notice some of these tests are failing on my setup. I have started to dig into these with the intent to understand them. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>In terms of this upcoming sprint, if you folks can give some pointers that will help me get better prepared and productive, that will be appreciated. </div><div style><br></div><div style>Looking forward to meeting and working with you. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>regards..</div><div style>-Sukhdev</div><div style> </div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Anita Kuno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anteaya@anteaya.info" target="_blank">anteaya@anteaya.info</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 12/18/2013 04:17 PM, Anita Kuno wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> Okay time for a recap.<br>
><br>
> What: Neutron Tempest code sprint<br>
> Where: Montreal, QC, Canada<br>
> When: January 15, 16, 17 2014<br>
> Location: I am about to sign the contract for Salle du Parc at 3625 Parc<br>
> avenue, a room in a residence of McGill University.<br>
> Time: 9am - 5am<br>
</div>Time: 9am - 5pm<br>
<div><div class="h5">><br>
> I am expecting to see the following people in Montreal in January:<br>
> Mark McClain<br>
> Salvatore Orlando<br>
> Sean Dague<br>
> Matt Trenish<br>
> Jay Pipes<br>
> Sukhdev Kapur<br>
> Miguel Lavelle<br>
> Oleg Bondarev<br>
> Rossella Sblendido<br>
> Emilien Macchi<br>
> Sylvain Afchain<br>
> Nicolas Planel<br>
> Kyle Mestery<br>
> Dane Leblanc<br>
> Sumit Naiksatam<br>
> Henry Gessau<br>
> Don Kehn<br>
> Carl Baldwin<br>
> Justin Hammond<br>
> Anita Kuno<br>
><br>
> If you are on the above list and can't attend, please email me so I have<br>
> an up-to-date list. If you are planning on attending and I don't have<br>
> your name listed, please email me without delay so that I can add you<br>
> and you get done what you need to get done to attend.<br>
><br>
> I have the contract for the room and will be signing it and sending it<br>
> in with the room deposit tomorrow. Monty has about 6 more hours to get<br>
> back to me on this, then I just have to go ahead and do it.<br>
><br>
> Caterer is booked and I will be doing menu selection over the holidays.<br>
> I can post the intended, _the intended_ menu once I have decided. Soup,<br>
> salad, sandwich - not glamourous but hopefully filling. If the menu on<br>
> the day isn't the same as what I post, please forgive me. Unforeseen<br>
> circumstances may crop up and I will do my best to get you fed. One<br>
> person has identified they have a specific food request, if there are<br>
> any more out there, please email me now. This covers breakfast, lunch<br>
> and tea/coffee all day.<br>
</div></div>Menu:<br>
Breakfast: 8am - 10am<br>
Fruit, Yogurt, Baked Items: ie. Muffins, Scones, Juice, Coffee, Tea<br>
<br>
Lunch: Noon - 2pm<br>
Sandwiches:<br>
Roast Beef with Stone Ground Mustard,<br>
Smoked Turkey Breast with Cranberry Sauce,<br>
Chicken Salad with Apples and Celery,<br>
Flavoured Tortilla with Spinach and Sun-dried Tomatoes,<br>
Smoked Meat,<br>
Egg Salad,<br>
Tuna with fresh Dill,<br>
Black Forest Ham with aged Cheddar<br>
on a variety of breads<br>
<br>
Soup:<br>
Wednesday: Potato and Leek Cream Soup<br>
Thursday: Sweet Potato and Red Pepper Bisque<br>
Friday: Wild Rice and Smoked Turkey Soup<br>
<br>
Salad:<br>
Green Garden Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette<br>
and<br>
Wednesday: Greek Salad<br>
Thursday: Tortellini Pesto Salad<br>
Friday: Potato Aglio e Olio Salad<br>
<br>
Tea and Coffee all day<br>
<br>
This is to convey a sense of what to expect, items may change with no<br>
notice.<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
><br>
> Henry Gessau will be social convener for dinners. If you have some<br>
> restaurant suggestions, please contact Henry. Organization of dinners<br>
> will take place once we congregate in our meeting room.<br>
><br>
> T-shirts: we decided that the code quality of Neutron was a higher<br>
> priority than t-shirts.<br>
><br>
> One person required a letter of invitation for visa purposes and<br>
> received it. I hope the visa has been granted.<br>
><br>
> Individuals arrangements for hotels seem to be going well from what I<br>
> have been hearing. A few people will be staying at Le Nouvel Hotel,<br>
> thanks for finding that one, Rosella.<br>
><br>
> Weather: well you got me on this one. This winter is colder than we have<br>
> had in some time and more snow too. So it will be beautiful but bring or<br>
> buy warm clothes. A few suggestions:<br>
> * layer your clothes (t-shirt, turtleneck, sweatshirt)<br>
> * boots with removable liners (this is my boot of choice:<br>
> <a href="http://amzn.to/19ddJve" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/19ddJve</a>) remove the liners at the end of each day to dry them<br>
> * warm coat<br>
> * toque (wool unless you are allergic) I'm seeing them for $35, don't<br>
> pay that much, you should be able to get something warm for $15 or less<br>
> * warm socks (cotton socks and wool over top)- keep your feet dry<br>
> * mitts (mitts keep my fingers warmer than gloves)<br>
> * scarf<br>
> If the weather is making you panic, talk to me and I will see about<br>
> bringing some of my extra accessories with me. The style might not be<br>
> you but you will be warm.<br>
</div></div>We are experiencing waves of warm and cold. The best I can offer is keep<br>
your eye on the forecast:<br>
<a href="http://www.theweathernetwork.com/14-day-weather-trend/canada/quebec/montreal" target="_blank">http://www.theweathernetwork.com/14-day-weather-trend/canada/quebec/montreal</a><br>
when you pack, which is what I will be doing.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Anita.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">><br>
> Remember, don't lick the flagpole. It doesn't matter what your friends<br>
> tell you.<br>
><br>
> That's all I can think of, if I missed something, email me.<br>
><br>
> Oh, and best to consider me offline from Jan.2 until the code sprint.<br>
> Make sure you have all the information you need prior to that time.<br>
><br>
> See you in Montreal,<br>
> Anita.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 11/19/2013 11:31 AM, Rossella Sblendido wrote:<br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> sorry if this is a bit OT now.<br>
>> I contacted some hotels to see if we could get a special price if we book<br>
>> many rooms. According to my research the difference in price is not much.<br>
>> Also, as Anita was saying, booking for everybody is more complicated.<br>
>> So I decided to booked a room for myself.<br>
>> I share the name of the hotel, in case you want to stay in the same place<br>
>> <a href="http://www.lenouvelhotel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lenouvelhotel.com/</a><<a href="http://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/le-nouvel-spa.html?aid=318615&label=postbooking_confemail&pbsource=conf_email_hotel_name&et=UmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YQkLIKuQhwqabGHP/3dl6rJzqy0AqLilEWRB9q2h3N7LbLpnopp78jpk3Zrw8QEON8/7uGk2Z4XEVgx0jMidsc7G6J6/mpIjb0/tpL+TyUzh/SougdT7JVfQN96wrY/Uz9Cu068o86et5KaL1N1ikBA2yvj25PBlFEF+/iBPj8Nq" target="_blank">http://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/le-nouvel-spa.html?aid=318615&label=postbooking_confemail&pbsource=conf_email_hotel_name&et=UmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YQkLIKuQhwqabGHP/3dl6rJzqy0AqLilEWRB9q2h3N7LbLpnopp78jpk3Zrw8QEON8/7uGk2Z4XEVgx0jMidsc7G6J6/mpIjb0/tpL+TyUzh/SougdT7JVfQN96wrY/Uz9Cu068o86et5KaL1N1ikBA2yvj25PBlFEF+/iBPj8Nq</a>>.<br>
>> It's close to the meeting room and the price is one of the best I have<br>
>> found.<br>
>><br>
>> cheers,<br>
>><br>
>> Rossella<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Anita Kuno <<a href="mailto:anteaya@anteaya.info">anteaya@anteaya.info</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> On 11/16/2013 01:14 PM, Anita Kuno wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 11/16/2013 12:37 PM, Sean Dague wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 11/15/2013 10:36 AM, Russell Bryant wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 11/13/2013 11:10 AM, Anita Kuno wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Neutron Tempest code sprint<br>
>>><br>
>>> In the second week of January in Montreal, Quebec, Canadathere will be a<br>
>>> Neutron Tempest code sprint to improve the status of Neutron tests in<br>
>>> Tempest and to add new tests.<br>
>>><br>
>>> First off, I think anything regarding putting more effort into this is<br>
>>> great. However, I *beg* the Neutron team not to wait until this week to<br>
>>> make significant progress.<br>
>>><br>
>>> To be clear, IMO, this is already painfully late. It's one of the<br>
>>> largest items blocking deprecation of nova-network and moving forward<br>
>>> with Neutron. This spring is just a couple weeks before icehouse-2.<br>
>>> Come i2, mid-cycle, we're going to have make a call on whether or not<br>
>>> nova-network deprecation seems likely. If not, we really can't wait<br>
>>> around and I will probably propose un-freezing nova-network.<br>
>>><br>
>>> 100% agreed. Realistically this has to be a capping session, not when<br>
>>> the real work starts. If the agent rewrite isn't done, and the parallel<br>
>>> gate basically working before then, it won't work.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Honestly, I think we're going to need to checkpoint before Christmas to<br>
>>> figure out if the preconditions are met, because if they aren't, then<br>
>>> it's not clear the 3 days of code sprint are really going to generate<br>
>>> the results we need.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'm encouraged by the level of activity in the neutron channel, so I<br>
>>> think right now planning for success is good. But again, we need some<br>
>>> aggressive check points, and people need to realize this is not the<br>
>>> beginning of this work, it is the closing session.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Sean<br>
>>><br>
>>> Great. What kind of check points in a mutual location would we like to<br>
>>> see?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Etherpad?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Meeting logs?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Other suggestions?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks Sean,<br>
>>> Anita.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Actually I am going to answer my own question with a proposal.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I would like to see a special sub-committee of the TC convened comprised<br>
>>> of (5?) TC members and/or appointees for the express purpose of being<br>
>>> available to help meet this goal, be available in the -neutron irc channel<br>
>>> for questions and support and also to guide the process so the goal is<br>
>>> achieved.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thoughts?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Anita.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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