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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><![endif]>Increases the overall QA effort when it’s most needed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><![endif]>Many contributors have more time available since feature work is complete.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">dsvm-tempest-my-driver<a href="http://15.126.198.151/67/106567/30/check/dsvm-tempest-hp-lefthand/a212407"></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="resultsuccess"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#007F00">SUCCESS</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span class="commenttestresult"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">in
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 39m 54s (non-voting)</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#007F00"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ramy<o:p></o:p></p>
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