[openstack-dev] [OpenStack Foundation] Finding people to work on the EC2 API in Nova
Sean Dague
sean at dague.net
Mon Feb 2 16:39:49 UTC 2015
On 02/02/2015 11:35 AM, Alexandre Levine wrote:
> Thank you Sean.
>
> We'll be tons of EC2 Tempest tests for your attention shortly.
> How would you prefer them? In several reviews, I believe. Not in one,
> right?
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Levine
So, honestly, I think that we should probably look at getting the ec2
tests out of the Tempest tree as well and into a more dedicated place.
Like as part of the stackforge project tree. Given that the right
expertise would be there as well. It could use tempest-lib for some of
the common parts.
-Sean
>
> On 2/2/15 6:55 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
>> 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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