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<p class="MsoNormal">Many of us are still working on setting up and testing 3<sup>rd</sup> party ci for cinder drivers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">None of them currently have gerrit +1/-1 voting, but I heard there’s a plan to “disable” those that are “not working” post-J3 (Please correct me if I misunderstood).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, Post-J3 is a great time to work on 3<sup>rd</sup> party ci for a few reasons:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Increases the overall QA effort when it’s most needed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Many contributors have more time available since feature work is complete.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since erroneous failing tests from non-voting ci accounts can still distract reviewers, I’d like to propose a compromise:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marking 3<sup>rd</sup> party ci jobs still undergoing testing and stability as (non-voting).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">e.g.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This way, progress can still be made by cinder vendors working on setting up 3<sup>rd</sup> party ci under ‘real’ load post J3 while minimizing distractions for cinder reviewers and other stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think this is consistent with how the OpenStack “Jenkins” CI marks potentially unstable jobs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please share your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ramy<o:p></o:p></p>
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