[openstack-dev] [nova] Adding a new feature in Kilo. Is it possible?

John Garbutt john at johngarbutt.com
Wed Nov 4 11:20:53 UTC 2015


In terms of adding this into master, we can go for a spec-less
blueprint in Nova.

Reach out to me on IRC if I can help you through the process.

Thanks,
johnthetubaguy

PS
We are working on making this easier in the future, by using OS VIF Lib.

On 4 November 2015 at 08:56, Michał Dubiel <md at semihalf.com> wrote:
> Ok, I see. Thanks for all the answers.
>
> Regards,
> Michal
>
> On 3 November 2015 at 22:50, Matt Riedemann <mriedem at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/3/2015 11:57 AM, Michał Dubiel wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We have a simple patch allowing to use OpenContrail's vrouter with
>>> vhostuser vif types (currently only OVS has support for that). We would
>>> like to contribute it.
>>>
>>> However, We would like this change to land in the next maintenance
>>> release of Kilo. Is it possible? What should be the process for this?
>>> Should we prepare a blueprint and review request for the 'master' branch
>>> first? It is small self contained change so I believe it does not need a
>>> nova-spec.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Michal
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> The short answer is 'no' to backporting features to stable branches.
>>
>> As the other reply said, feature changes are targeted to master.
>>
>> The full stable branch policy is here:
>>
>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StableBranch
>>
>> --
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt Riedemann
>>
>>
>>
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