Open Stack

This is the first edition of what is going on in Chef OpenStack. The
goal is to give a quick overview to see our progress and what is on
the menu.

Appetizers
========
=> Focus is on branching stable/pike and releasing Pike to Supermarket
before the end of February if possible.
=> Tempest will continue to focus on deploying from git instead of
packages. This provides a more consistent outcome.
=> Designate cookbook works with Pike and Queens in Ubuntu. CentOS is WIP.
=> A deploy guide on using Chef OpenStack in various scenarios is
being formulated. Any help here is welcome, even a rubber duck.

Entrees
======
=> Chef 13 has landed in master (encompassing a staggering 2+ years of
deprecations)
- https://review.openstack.org/#/q/topic:bp/modern-chef
=> Test Kitchen is in openstack-chef-repo, with allinone, basic
multinode and container-based scenarios.
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-chef-repo/
=> MariaDB is being sourced from mariadb.org for consistency in outcome.

Desserts
=======
=> Rakefiles are going away in favor of delivery local in Queens.
- https://docs.chef.io/delivery_cli.html
=> Test Kitchen will become the focal point of CI, once we get the
right power adapter for Ansible.
=> Upgrades! Upgr... you get the idea. :-)

What's Cooking?
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=> A Bowl of Red
measurements are geared for Americans, metric is approximate. adjust
where appropriate.
-- 4 lbs (1800 g) coarse ground beef
-- 1/4 cup (60 ml) beef stock for added flavor and moisture
-- 1 oz (28 g) chili powder (without salt, to control salinity)
-- 4 or 5 chipotle chiles, minced, with adobo sauce, to taste
-- 1 29 oz can (857 ml) of tomato sauce
-- 1 tsp (4.7 g) each: kosher salt, ground black and white peppercorns
-- 1 tbsp (14.3 g) each:
--- onion powder
--- paprika
--- ground cumin
--- ground cayenne
--- ground jalapeño
-- 1 box baby wipes, any brand

Add ingredients to slowcooker, breaking up the meat as you add it.
Cook on high for 4 hours, or until the aroma of cumin takes you. Serve
straight up, or with shredded cheese and sour cream to tame the heat.
Apply baby wipes when appropriate. Gets hotter overnight.

Your humble cook,
Samuel Cassiba (sc` / scas)