Open Stack

DefCore,

Feedback is welcome!  I'm preparing the board report for the meeting Monday
(yikes, Monday!) and need to create the background info and proposals for the
meeting.

Here's the description I have for the change.  I'll send the proposals out for
review tomorrow.

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During the post-meeting review, Mark Collier drafted a Foundation supported
recommendation
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WHVGwIxLSB0Dh9xVntxO5faM4pJjTe0yM0JwpsLUebA/edit?usp=sharing>
 that basically creates an additional core tier without changing the fundamental
capabilities & designated code concepts.  This proposal has been reviewed by the
DefCore committee (but not formally approved in a meeting).

The original DefCore proposed capabilities set becomes the "platform" level
while capability subsets are called "programs."  We are considering two initial
programs, Compute & Object, and both are included in the platform (see
illustration below).  The approach leaves the door open for new core programs to
exist both under and outside of the platform umbrella.

[DefCore Platform and Programs v1.1]
<https://robhirschfeld.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/defcore-platform-and-programs-v1-1.png>

In the proposal, OpenStack vendors who meet either program or platform
requirements can qualify for the "OpenStack Powered" logo; however, vendors
using the only a program (instead of the full platform) will have more
restrictive marks and limitations about how they can use the term OpenStack.

This approach addresses the "is Swift required?" question.  For platform, Swift
capabilities will be required; however, vendors will be able to implement the
Compute program without Swift and implement the Object program without
Nova/Glance/Cinder.

It's important to note that there is only one yard stick for programs or the
platform: the capabilities groups and designed code defined by the DefCore
process.  From that perspective, OpenStack is one consistent thing.  This change
allows vendors to choose sub-components if that serves their business
objectives.

 

Rob
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