Highlights of the week
Important CLA changes coming in 10 days http://markmail.org/message/azrdwianmnt2j5oc
Starting on February 24, 2013 all contributors MUST review and agree to the new OpenStack Individual Contributor License Agreement and provide updated contact information at https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/agreements. On that day the Gerrit interface will be changing to present the new CLA text referring to the OpenStack Foundation, and will prompt you to agree to it there. Any previous agreement with OpenStack LLC will be marked expired at that time. The text of the new agreement is available for your convenience https://review.openstack.org/static/cla.html (just changes “LLC” to “Foundation” and corrects a few typographical errors). You must also sign up for an OpenStack Foundation Individual Membership with the same E-mail address as used for your Gerrit contact information: http://openstack.org/register/.
OpenStack Object Storage (aka Swift) for new contributors http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/12/03/swift-for-new-contributors/
As a developer, jumping into a mature codebase can be somewhat daunting. How is the code structured? What is the request flow? What’s the process for getting my changes contributed upstream? Find answers to these questions on this post by SwiftStack.
Evolution of the incubation process http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-tc/2013-February/000119.html
The Technical Committee approved a set of changes to the incubation process, the process through which a project becomes part of the co-ordinated, integrated OpenStack release. One of the visible change is the switch from using the term “Core projects” to “Integrated”.
Upstream University at the OpenStack summit http://dachary.org/?p=1846
Upstream University is organizing a session http://upstream-university.org/apply/ in advance of the next OpenStack summit http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/, in Portland. If you can fly in two days ahead of the event to spend the weekend improving your OpenStack contribution skills, please consider submitting an application http://upstream-university.org/apply/ to attend the workshop.
Python trademark at risk in Europe: Python Foundation needs your help http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html?m=1
For anyone who works in a company that has an office in a EU Community member state, the Python Software Foundation needs your help. There is a company in the UK that is trying to trademark the use of the term “Python” for all software, services, servers… pretty much anything having to do with a computer. The PSF is asking a letter on company letterhead to forward to their EU counsel. More details on PSF http://PSF/News http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html?m=1.
Report of Openstack project on SF State University campus http://commons.sfsu.edu/report-openstack-project-campus
Two students (Brandon Lai and Pascal Schuele) under supervision of prof. Sameer Verma worked on exploring the cloud computing space in Fall 2012. They built a demo/prototype of a private cloud platform on campus and presented at the end of the semester. Prof. Verma hopes to continue to expand this project in Spring 2013.
Security Advisories
* CVE-2013-0247 : Keystone denial of service through invalid token requests http://secstack.org/2013/02/cve-2013-0247-keystone-denial-of-service-through-invalid-token-requests/
Tips and Tricks
* By Matthias Runge http://www.matthias-runge.de/: How to create a custom theme for Horizon http://www.matthias-runge.de/2013/02/15/how-to-create-a-custom-theme-for-horizon/ * By Julien Danjou http://julien.danjou.info/blog/: Cloud tools for Debian http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2013/cloud-init-utils-debian * By Derek Higgins http://goodsquishy.com/: Looking for a Fedora 18 qcow2 image to use on openstack http://goodsquishy.com/2013/02/fedora-18-qcow2-image/
Upcoming Events
* Second Swiss OpenStack User Group Meeting http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/ Feb 19, 2013 – Zurich, Switzerland Details http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/ * SCALE 11x https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/ Feb 22 – 24, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA Details https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/ * OpenStack Delhi NCR Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/102301202/ Feb 22, 2013 – India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/102301202/ * OpenStack in Production at Scale http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/103564202/ Feb 28, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/103564202/ * Pulse Open Cloud Summit http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/new-pulse-open-cloud-summit-arrive-early-on-sunday-march-3rd-and-extend-your-pulse-experience/Mar 03, 2013 – MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV Details http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/new-pulse-open-cloud-summit-arrive-early-on-sunday-march-3rd-and-extend-your-pulse-experience/ * Pulse 2013 https://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/agenda/index.html Mar 04 – 06, 2013 – Las Vegas, NV Details https://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/agenda/index.html * OpenStack Day Tokyo 2013 http://openstackdays.com/en/ Mar 12, 2013 – Tokyo, Japan Details http://openstackdays.com/en/ * OpenStack Italia User Group: …dove eravamo rimasti? http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/102481022/ Mar 14, 2013 – Milano, Italy Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/102481022/ * OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) API Sprint at PyCon 2013 https://us.pycon.org/2013/community/sprints/swift/ Mar 18, 2013 – Santa Clara, CA Details https://us.pycon.org/2013/community/sprints/swift/ * OpenStack Developers Meetup http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/ Mar 21, 2013 – Atlanta, GA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/ * 1st OpenStack User Group Nordics meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/95258382/ Apr 03, 2013 – Kista, Sweden Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/95258382/ * OpenStack Summit April 2013 http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/ Apr 15 – 18, 2013 – Portland, OR Details http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/ * OpenStack Israel http://www.openstack.org/ May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Coming Soon http://www.openstack.org/
Other News
* February 12th OpenStack Foundation Board Meeting http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2013/02/15/february-12th-openstack-foundation-board-meeting/ * XenAPINFS – Integrated with Glance http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/02/12/xenapinfs-integrated-with-glance/ * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-02-12-21.02.htmSummary and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-02-12-21.02.log.html.
Welcome New Contributors
Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:
* Tim Potter, HP * Jean-Baptiste RANSY, Alyseo * Nicholas Kuechler * Adalberto Medeiros, IBM
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