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On 06/10/2014 04:33 AM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-06-09 at 20:14 -0400, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Eoghan Glynn <eglynn at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Based on the discussion I'd like to propose these options:
>>>> 1. Cinder-certified driver - This is an attempt to move the "certification"
>>>> to the project level.
>>>> 2. CI-tested driver - This is probably the most accurate, at least for what
>>>> we're trying to achieve for Juno: Continuous Integration of Vendor-specific
>>>> Drivers.
>>>
>>> Hi Ramy,
>>>
>>> Thanks for these constructive suggestions.
>>>
>>> The second option is certainly a very direct and specific reflection of
>>> what is actually involved in getting the Cinder project's imprimatur.
>>
>> I do like "tested."
>>
>> I'd like to understand what the foundation is planning for
>> "certification" as well, to know how big of an issue this really is.
>> Even if they aren't going to certify drivers, I have heard discussions
>> around training and possibly other areas so I would hate for us to
>> introduce confusion by having different uses of that term in similar
>> contexts. Mark, do you know who is working on that within the board or
>> foundation?
> 
> http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2014/05/17/may-11-openstack-foundation-board-meeting/
> 
> Boris Renski raised the possibility of the Foundation attaching the
> trademark to a verified, certified or tested status for drivers. It
> wasn't discussed at length because board members hadn't been briefed in
> advance, but I think it's safe to say there was a knee-jerk negative
> reaction from a number of members. This is in the context of the
> DriverLog report:
> 
>   http://stackalytics.com/report/driverlog
>   http://www.mirantis.com/blog/cloud-drivers-openstack-driverlog-part-1-solving-driver-problem/
>   http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-will-open-source-vendor-certifications/
> 
> AIUI the "CI tested" phrase was chosen in DriverLog to avoid the
> controversial area Boris describes in the last link above. I think that
> makes sense. Claiming this CI testing replaces more traditional
> certification programs is a sure way to bog potentially useful
> collaboration down in vendor politics.
Actually FWIW the DriverLog is not posting accurate information, I came
upon two instances yesterday where I found the information
"questionable" at best. I know I questioned it. Kyle and I have agreed
to not rely on the DriverLog information as it currently stands as a way
of assessing the fitness of third party CI systems. I'll add some
footnotes for those who want more details. [%%], [++], [&&]
> 
> Avoiding dragging the project into those sort of politics is something
> I'm really keen on, and why I think the word "certification" is best
> avoided so we can focus on what we're actually trying to achieve.
> 
> Mark.
I agree with Mark, everytime we try to 'abstract' away from logs and put
an new interface on it, the focus moves to the interface and folks stop
paying attention to logs. We archive and have links to artifacts for a
reason and I think we need to encourage and support people to access
these artifacts and draw their own conclusions, which is in keeping with
our license.

Copy/pasting Mark here:
"Also AIUI "certification" implies some level of warranty or guarantee,
which goes against the pretty clear language "WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND" in our license :)" [**]

Thanks,
Anita.

Anita's footnotes:
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http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/networking/2014/networking.2014-06-09-21.01.log.html
timestamp 21:49:47
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http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-June/037064.html
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