Count me In! I will help as much as possible on CI, git flow testing...
Pierre-Luc On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote: > I am willing to help out in any way I can. > > Cheers, > > Will > > > *Will STEVENS* > Lead Developer > > *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts > 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 > w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Steve Wilson <steve.wil...@citrix.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > It was great to get to see a number of you at the recent CCC in Budapest. > > While I was there, I got to meet face to face with individuals working > for > > several companies that have a real stake in the commercial success of the > > CloudStack project. > > > > After joining Citrix (and becoming involved in CloudStack) about a year > > ago, I’ve come to believe that we need to do more to mature our quality > > practices around this codebase. We all like to say #cloudstackworks (and > > it’s true), but this is a massive codebase that’s used in the most > > demanding situations. We have large telecommunications companies and > > enterprises who are betting their businesses on this software. It has to > > be great! > > > > There has been quite a bit of discussion on the mailing list in recent > > months about how we improve in this area. There is plenty of passion, > but > > we haven’t made enough concrete progress as a community. In my > discussions > > with key contributors as CCC, there was general agreement that the DEV > list > > isn’t a good forum for hashing out these kinds of things. Email is too > > low-bandwidth and too impersonal. > > > > At CCC, I discussed with several people the idea that we commission a > > small sub team to go hash out a proposal for how we handle the following > > topics within the ACS community (which can then be brought back to the > > larger community for ratification): > > > > * Continuous integration and test automation > > * Gating of commits > > * Overall commit workflow > > > > We are looking for volunteers to commit to being part of this team. This > > would imply a serious commitment. We don’t want hangers on or observers. > > This will entail real work and late night meetings. We’re looking for > > people who are serious contributors to the codebase. > > > > From Citrix, David Nalley and Animesh Chaturvedi have booth told me > > they’re willing to commit to this project. They’ve both managed ACS > > releases and have a really good view into the current process — and I > know > > both are passionate about improving our process. From my CCC > discussions, > > I believe there are individuals from Schuberg Philis, Shape Blue and > Cloud > > Ops who are willing to commit to this process. > > > > If you are willing to be part of this team to drive forward our > community, > > please reply here. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Steve > > > > Steve Wilson > > VP & Product Unit Manager > > Cloud Software > > Citrix > > @virtualsteve > > >
