Open Stack

 ---- On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:13:06 -0500 Clark Boylan <cboylan at sapwetik.org> wrote ----
 > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, at 3:21 PM, Clark Boylan wrote: 
 > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, at 1:46 PM, James E. Blair wrote: 
 > > > Hi, 
 > > >  
 > > > As discussed in November[1], the OpenStack project infrastructure is 
 > > > being rebranded as "OpenDev" to better support a wider community of 
 > > > projects. 
 > > >  
 > > > We are nearly ready to perform the part of this transition with the 
 > > > largest impact: moving the authoritative git repositories for existing 
 > > > projects. 
 > > >  
 > > > In this email, I'd like to introduce the new hosting system we are 
 > > > preparing, discuss the transition, and invite projects to work with us 
 > > > on the logistics of the change. 
 > > >  
 > > > Gerrit 
 > > > ====== 
 > > >  
 > > > Gerrit is the core of our system and it will remain so in OpenDev.  As 
 > > > part of this move, we will rename the gerrit server from 
 > > > review.openstack.org to review.opendev.org.  As part of the transition, 
 > > > we will automatically merge appropriate changes to all branches of all 
 > > > repositories updating .gitreview and Zuul configuration files.  Any 
 > > > further changes (README files, etc.) we expect to be made by individual 
 > > > project contributors. 
 > > >  
 > > > Repository Browsing 
 > > > =================== 
 > > >  
 > > > Currently our canonical *public* repository system is the cgit server at 
 > > > https://git.openstack.org/ (and git.airshipit.org, git.starlingx.io, and 
 > > > git.zuul-ci.org).  This is a load balanced cluster of several servers 
 > > > which is designed to handle all the public git repository traffic, as it 
 > > > scales much better than Gerrit (and has a more friendly domain name). 
 > > > From a technical standpoint, it's excellent, but its usability could be 
 > > > improved. 
 > > >  
 > > > Therefore, as part of this transition, we will replace the cgit servers 
 > > > with a new system based on Gitea.  Gitea is a complete development 
 > > > collaboration system, but it's very flexible and will allow us to 
 > > > disable components which we aren't using.  We will operate it in a 
 > > > read-only configuration where it will act as the public mirror for 
 > > > Gerrit.  The advantages it has over the current system are: 
 > > >  
 > > > * Shorter domain name in project URLs: 
 > > >   https://git.openstack.org/openstack/nova   vs 
 > > >   https://opendev.org/openstack/nova 
 > > > * Clone and browsing URLs are the same (with cgit, the browsing URL has 
 > > >   an extra path component) 
 > > > * More visually pleasing code browsing 
 > > > * Integrated code searching 
 > > > * Ability to highlight multiple lines in links 
 > > >  
 > > > When we perform the transition we will install redirects from 
 > > > git.openstack.org (and the other git sites) to opendev.org, and will 
 > > > maintain those redirects for the foreseeable future.  We will construct 
 > > > them so that even existing deep links to individual files in individual 
 > > > commits to cgit will redirect to the correct location on opendev.org. 
 > > >  
 > > > This system is up and running now with a live mirror of data from 
 > > > Gerrit, and you can start testing it out today at https://opendev.org/ 
 > > >  
 > > > Please let us know if you encounter any problems. 
 > > >  
 > > > If you would like to read more about the design of this system and the 
 > > > transition, see the infra-spec[2]. 
 > > >  
 > > > GitHub 
 > > > ====== 
 > > >  
 > > > Currently all OpenStack projects are replicated to GitHub.  We do not 
 > > > plan on changing that during the transition, however, any projects 
 > > > outside of the openstack*/ namespaces will not automatically be 
 > > > replicated to GitHub, and we do not plan on adding that in the future. 
 > > > We do, however, support projects using Zuul to run post-merge jobs to 
 > > > push updates to GitHub or any other third-party mirrors with their own 
 > > > credentials.  We will be happy to work with anyone interested in that to 
 > > > help set up jobs to do so. 
 > > >  
 > > > We are adopting this approach so that individual projects can have more 
 > > > control over how they are represented in social media, and to give us 
 > > > more flexibility in supporting our own organizational namespaces on 
 > > > OpenDev without assuming they map directly to GitHub. 
 > > >  
 > > > Eventually we plan on moving the OpenStack project to that system as 
 > > > well and retiring direct replication from Gerrit to GitHub completely. 
 > > > But we will defer that work until after this transition. 
 > > >  
 > > > Logistics 
 > > > ========= 
 > > >  
 > > > We can prepare much of the system in advance (as we have for the hosting 
 > > > system on opendev.org), but the actual transition and renaming of the 
 > > > Gerrit server will need to happen at once during an outage window.  We 
 > > > need to schedule that outage and begin preparing for it. 
 > > >  
 > > > Since all of the project git URLs are going to change (to replace 
 > > > git.openstack.org with opendev.org and review.openstack.org with 
 > > > review.opendev.org), we can additionally take the opportunity to 
 > > > reorganize projects into different organizations. 
 > > >  
 > > > For example, during the transition we will rename Zuul, and it's 
 > > > associated projects, from the "openstack-infra" org to "zuul".  So their 
 > > > new names will be "zuul/zuul", "zuul/nodepool", etc. 
 > > >  
 > > > This is an excellent time for the rest of the OpenStack Foundation 
 > > > pilot projects to do the same. 
 > > >  
 > > > If the OpenStack project desires this, it would also be a good time to 
 > > > move unofficial projects out of the openstack/ namespace. 
 > > >  
 > > > Therefore, we need your help: 
 > > >  
 > > > Action Items 
 > > > ============ 
 > > >  
 > > > We need each of the following projects: 
 > > >  
 > > >   * OpenStack 
 > > >   * Airship 
 > > >   * StarlingX 
 > > >   * Zuul 
 > > >  
 > > > To nominate a single point of contact to work with us on the transition. 
 > > > It would be helpful for that person to attend the next (and possibly 
 > > > next several) openstack infra team meetings in IRC [3].  We will work 
 > > > with those people on scheduling the transition, as well as finalizing 
 > > > the list of projects which should be renamed as part of the transition. 
 > > >  
 > > > If you manage an unofficial project and would like to take the 
 > > > opportunity to move or rename your project, please add it to this 
 > > > ethercalc[4]. 
 > > >  
 > > > [1]  
 > > > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2018-November/136403.html 
 > > > [2]  
 > > > http://specs.openstack.org/openstack-infra/infra-specs/specs/opendev-gerrit.html 
 > > > [3] http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/#Project_Infrastructure_Team_Meeting 
 > > > [4] https://ethercalc.openstack.org/opendev-transition 
 > > >  
 > > > 
 > >  
 > > We've made good progress in preparing this change and are still on  
 > > track to do this Friday April 19, 2019.  Our project liasons have been  
 > > drawing up lists of projects to rename during the outage. One big thing  
 > > to keep in mind is unofficial OpenStack projects will no longer be in  
 > > the "openstack" namespace.  They will be placed in the 'x/' namespace  
 > > instead which intends to indicate no endorsement or special ownership. 
 > >  
 > > One side effect of this change (as noted in Jim's earlier email) is  
 > > that we will stop replicating projects that move out of the openstack  
 > > namespace. Projects that wish to be replicated to Github or anywhere  
 > > else they like can do so following the steps that David Moreau-Simard  
 > > put together for us here [5]. 
 > >  
 > > This transition is likely to be a bit bumpy particularly at the start.  
 > > We'll be around after the transition to help fix unexpected errors and  
 > > are likely to spend a fair bit of time at the PTG improving things as  
 > > well. 
 > >  
 > > Finally, to be extra clear, we intend to put http redirects in place so  
 > > that all your old http(s) urls continue to work.  Fungi has set this up  
 > > for testing with details here [6] if you would like to ensure your urls  
 > > redirect properly. 
 > >  
 > > [5]  
 > > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2019-April/005007.html 
 > > [6]  
 > > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2019-April/004921.html 
 >  
 > The infra/OpenDev team continues to make good progress towards this transition and plans to perform the transition on April 19, 2019 as previously scheduled.  We will begin the transition at 15:00UTC and users should plan for intermittent Gerrit and git repo outages through the day. We expect most of those will be closer to 15:00UTC than 23:00UTC. 
 >  
 > Fungi has generated a master list of project renames for the openstack namespaces: http://paste.openstack.org/show/749402/. If you have a moment please quickly review these planned renames for any obvious errors or issues. 

Thanks Clark, Fungi for the list. With quick review, below are the two repo which I feel need a home somewhere. 

- gerrit-dash-creator - it thought it was under infra. 
- upstream-institute-virtual-environment - We use this in OUI trainings. I pinged this on #openstack-upstream-institute to find home. 

-gmann

 >  
 > For the airship, starlingx, and zuul repo renames the repositories listed at git.airshipit.org, git.starlingx.io, and git.zuul-ci.org were used placing repos in airship/, starlingx/ and zuul/ namespaces. Any repo name prefix (like stx- and airship-) is dropped. 
 >  
 > As always we are happy to answer any questions you might have or address any concerns. Feel free to reach out. 
 > Thank you for your patience, 
 > Clark 
 >  
 >