(Blog version at https://anticdent.org/tc-report-49.html ) After last week's rather huge [TC Report](https://anticdent.org/tc-report-48.html), will keep this one short, reporting on some topics that came up in the `#openstack-tc` IRC channel in the last week. # Interop Tests and Tempest Plugins There's a review in process attempting to [clarify testing for interop programs](https://review.openstack.org/#/c/521602/). It's somewhat stuck and needs additional input from any community members who are interested in or concerned about interop testing and tempest plugins. For a bit more context there was some discussion on [Wednesday](http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-tc/%23openstack-tc.2017-11-29.log.html#t2017-11-29T16:26:01), # Kata Containers Today, OpenStack got a sibling project managed by the Foundation, [Kata Containers](https://katacontainers.io/) (there's a [press release](https://www.openstack.org/news/view/365/kata-containers-project-launches-to-build-secure-container-infrastructure)). It provides a way of doing "extremely lightweight virtual machines" that can work within a container ecosystem (such as Kubernetes). The expansion of the Foundation was talked about at the summit in Sydney, but having something happen this quickly was a bit of a surprise, leading to some [questions in IRC](http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-tc/%23openstack-tc.2017-12-05.log.html#t2017-12-05T14:11:33) today. Jonathan Bryce showed up to help answer them. Turns out this was all above board, but some communication had been dropped. -- Chris Dent (⊙＿⊙') https://anticdent.org/ freenode: cdent tw: @anticdent