[openstack-dev] [OpenStack Foundation] Finding people to work on the EC2 API in Nova

Sean Dague sean at dague.net
Mon Feb 2 15:55:14 UTC 2015


On 02/02/2015 07:01 AM, Alexandre Levine wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> I'm rather new here, especially in regard to communication matters, so
> I'd also be glad to understand how it's done and then I can drive it if
> it's ok with everybody.
> By saying EC2 sub team - who did you keep in mind? From my team 3
> persons are involved.
> 
> From the technical point of view the transition plan could look somewhat
> like this (sequence can be different):
> 
> 1. Triage EC2 bugs and fix showstoppers in nova's EC2.
> 2. Contribute Tempest tests for EC2 functionality and employ them
> against nova's EC2.
> 3. Write spec for required API to be exposed from nova so that we get
> full info.
> 4. Triage and fix all of the existing nova's EC2 bugs worth fixing.
> 5. Set up Tempest testing of the stackforge/ec2 (if that's possible).
> 6. Communicate and discover all of the existing questions and
> problematic points for the switching from existing EC2 API to the new
> one. Provide solutions or decisions about them.
> 7. Do performance testing of the new stackforge/ec2 and provide fixes if
> any bottlenecks come up.
> 8. Have all of the above prepared for the Vancouver summit and discuss
> the situation there.
> 
> Michael, I am still wondering, who's going to be responsible for timely
> reviews and approvals of the fixes and tests we're going to contribute
> to nova? So far this is the biggest risk. Is there anyway to allow some
> of us to participate in the process?

I am happy to volunteer to shephard these reviews. I'll try to keep an
eye on them, and if something is blocking please just ping me directly
on IRC in #openstack-nova or bring them forward to the weekly Nova meeting.

	-Sean

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