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If we decide to follow the depreciation process we can wait until tomorrow
or Wednesday early in the morning.

Le lun. 29 mars 2021 à 16:52, Ghanshyam Mann <gmann at ghanshyammann.com> a
écrit :

>  ---- On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:26:31 -0500 Slawek Kaplonski <
> skaplons at redhat.com> wrote ----
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 08:53:58AM -0500, Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
>  > >  ---- On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:14:06 -0500 Akihiro Motoki <
> amotoki at gmail.com> wrote ----
>  > >  > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 8:07 PM Slawek Kaplonski <
> skaplons at redhat.com> wrote:
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Hi,
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:52:59AM +0200, Herve Beraud wrote:
>  > >  > > > Hello,
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > The main question is, does the previous Victoria version [1]
> will be
>  > >  > > > compatible with the latest neutron changes and with the latest
> engine
>  > >  > > > facade introduced during Wallaby?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > It won't be compatible. Networking-midonet from Victoria will
> not work properly
>  > >  > > with Neutron Wallaby.
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > Releasing an unfixed engine facade code is useless, so we
> shouldn't release
>  > >  > > > a new version of networking-midonet, because the project code
> won't be
>  > >  > > > compatible with the rest of our projects (AFAIK neutron),
> unless, the
>  > >  > > > previous version will not compatible either, and, unless, not
> releasing a
>  > >  > > > Wallaby version leave the project branch uncut and so leave the
>  > >  > > > corresponding series unmaintainable, and so unfixable a
> posteriori.
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > If we do not release a new version then we will use a previous
> version of
>  > >  > > > networking-midonet. This version will be the last Victoria
> version [1].
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > I suppose that this version (the victoria version) isn't
> compatible with
>  > >  > > > the new facade engine either, isn't it?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Correct. It's not compatible.
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > So release or not release a new version won't solve the facade
> engine
>  > >  > > > problem, isn't?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Yes.
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > You said that neutron evolved and networking-midonet didn't,
> hence even if
>  > >  > > > we release networking-midonet in the current state it will
> fail too, isn't
>  > >  > > > it?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Also yes :)
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > However, releasing a new version and branching on it can give
> you the
>  > >  > > > needed maintenance window to allow you to fix the issue later,
> when your
>  > >  > > > gates will be fixed and then patches backported. git tags are
> cheap.
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > We should notice that since Victoria some patches have been
> merged in
>  > >  > > > Wallaby so even if they aren't ground breaking changes they
> are changes
>  > >  > > > that it is worth to release.
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > From a release point of view I think it's worth it to release
> a new version
>  > >  > > > and to cut Wallaby. We are close to the it's deadline. That
> will land the
>  > >  > > > available delta between Victoria and Wallaby. That will allow
> to fix the
>  > >  > > > engine facade by opening a maintenance window. If the project
> is still
>  > >  > > > lacking maintainers in a few weeks / months, this will allow a
> more smooth
>  > >  > > > deprecation of this one.
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > Thoughts?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Based on Your feedback I agree that we should release now what
> we have. Even if
>  > >  > > it's broken we can then fix it and backport fixes to
> stable/wallaby branch.
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > @Akihiro: are You ok with that too?
>  > >  >
>  > >  > I was writing another reply and did not notice this mail.
>  > >  > While I still have a doubt on releasing the broken code (which we
> are
>  > >  > not sure can be fixed soon or not),
>  > >  > I am okay with either decision.
>  > >
>  > > Yeah, releasing broken code and especially where we do not if there
> will be
>  > > maintainer to fix it or not seems risky for me too.
>  > >
>  > > One option is to deprecate it for wallaby which means follow the
> deprecation steps
>  > > mentioned in project-team-guide[1]. If maintainers show up then it
> can be un-deprecated.
>  > > With that, we will not have any compatible wallaby version which I
> think is a better
>  > > choice than releasing the broken code.
>  >
>  > We were asking about that some time ago already and then some new
> maintainers
>  > stepped in. But as now there is that problem again with
> networking-midonet I'm
>  > fine to deprecate it (or ask about it again at least).
>  > But isn't it too late in the cycle now? Last time when we were doing
> that it was
>  > before milestone-2 IIRC. Now we are almost at the end of the cycle.
> Should we do
>  > it still now?
>
> As there is nothing released for Wallaby[1], we can still do this. As per
> the process, TC
> can merge the required patches on that repo if no core is available to +A.
>
>  > If yes, how much time do we really have to e.g. ask for some new
> maintainers?
>  >
>
> I will say asap :) but I think the release team can set the deadline as
> they have to take care
> of release things.
>
> [1]
> https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/commit/30492c964f5d7eb85d806086c5b1c656b5c9e9f9/deliverables/wallaby/networking-midonet.yaml
>
>
> -gmann
>
>  > >
>  > > Releasing the broken code now with the hope of someone will come up
> and fix it with
>  > > backport makes me a little uncomfortable and if it did not get fix
> then we will live
>  > > with broken release forever.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > [1]
> https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/repository.html#deprecating-a-repository
>  > >
>  > > -gmann
>  > >
>  > >  >
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > [1]
>  > >  > > >
> https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/victoria/networking-midonet.yaml
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > Le lun. 29 mars 2021 à 10:32, Slawek Kaplonski <
> skaplons at redhat.com> a
>  > >  > > > écrit :
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > > Hi,
>  > >  > > > >
>  > >  > > > > We have opened release patch for networking-midonet [1] but
> our concern
>  > >  > > > > about
>  > >  > > > > that project is that its gate is completly broken since some
> time thus we
>  > >  > > > > don't really know if the project is still working and valid
> to be released.
>  > >  > > > > In Wallaby cycle Neutron for example finished transition to
> the engine
>  > >  > > > > facade,
>  > >  > > > > and patch to adjust that in networking-midonet is still
> opened [2] (and
>  > >  > > > > red as
>  > >  > > > > there were some unrelated issues with most of the jobs
> there).
>  > >  > > > >
>  > >  > > > > In the past we had discussion about networking-midonet
> project and it's
>  > >  > > > > status
>  > >  > > > > as the official Neutron stadium project. Then some new folks
> stepped in to
>  > >  > > > > maintain it but now it seems a bit like (again) it lacks of
> maintainers.
>  > >  > > > > I know that it is very late in the cycle now so my question
> to the TC and
>  > >  > > > > release teams is: should we release stable/wallaby with its
> current state,
>  > >  > > > > even if it's broken or should we maybe don't release it at
> all until its
>  > >  > > > > gate
>  > >  > > > > will be up and running?
>  > >  > > > >
>  > >  > > > > [1] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/releases/+/781713
>  > >  > > > > [2]
> https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/networking-midonet/+/770797
>  > >  > > > >
>  > >  > > > > --
>  > >  > > > > Slawek Kaplonski
>  > >  > > > > Principal Software Engineer
>  > >  > > > > Red Hat
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > > > --
>  > >  > > > Hervé Beraud
>  > >  > > > Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
>  > >  > > > irc: hberaud
>  > >  > > > https://github.com/4383/
>  > >  > > > https://twitter.com/4383hberaud
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>  > >  > > --
>  > >  > > Slawek Kaplonski
>  > >  > > Principal Software Engineer
>  > >  > > Red Hat
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Slawek Kaplonski
>  > Principal Software Engineer
>  > Red Hat
>  >
>
>

-- 
Hervé Beraud
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
irc: hberaud
https://github.com/4383/
https://twitter.com/4383hberaud
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