On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Animesh Chaturvedi <animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] >> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:43 AM >> > >> > So what we are *REALLY* talking about here, is that an experimental >> > feature from past releases was modified for 4.1 but is broken >> > completely now. >> > >> > IMO we need to do 2 things. First, we *must* document that the >> > experimental feature from past releases is not in 4.1 in the release >> > notes. Second, yes, we should remove it from the DB. >> > >> > Basically, nobody is going to be able to use it if they install the >> > code, right? So if they do use bare metal from a prior version, I >> > certainly hope that they don't upgrade to 4.1 (given the state of the >> > feature). >> > >> > Anyone else have a thought? >> >> >> So here are my raw thoughts. Take them for what you will. >> >> We have a feature that IMO is a pretty big deal, akin to hypervisor support. >> We've had similar issues with OVM in the past. >> >> Perhaps we need to be looking at whether such massive features are >> sustainable. In this case (as with OVM) no one cared enough to fix the >> problems and it fell into disrepair, and rather than the community making an >> informed decision to discontinue support for a feature and phase support >> out over time, our hand is forced when QA finds issues. >> Writing the software initially is easier than the long term maintenance, and >> given that we've dropped a 'hypervisor' every release, I am wondering if we >> don't need to reject some of these efforts outright if there is doubt as to >> sustainability. > [Animesh>] David appreciate your thoughts It just happened that the baremetal > testing began just when Frank started his vacation. As soon as he returns he > should get back to fix baremetal and sustain the effort. >
It's not that Frank is gone or the timing. It's that only one person cares and apparently only one person who can work on it. (e.g. a bus factor [1] of one for a major feature doesn't strike me as sustainable.) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor
