Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-03-01 Thread Vishvananda Ishaya
On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:21 AM, Soren Hansen wrote: > 2012/2/28 Vishvananda Ishaya : >> There is always progress to be made, but while we are toiling away working >> on testing, technical debt, and code smell, we have to keep our users in >> mind. > > This part of your e-mail really sticks out, alon

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-03-01 Thread Soren Hansen
2012/2/28 Vishvananda Ishaya : > There is always progress to be made, but while we are toiling away working > on testing, technical debt, and code smell, we have to keep our users in > mind. This part of your e-mail really sticks out, along with this one: > I disagree with this point. There was a

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-27 Thread Vishvananda Ishaya
Hello everyone, Sorry I didn't respond to this earlier. I have been extremely busy trying to tie things up for e-4 so that we can start producing and testing release candidates for essex. Soren, you make some excellent points that we should address regardless of the results of the election. M

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Soren Hansen
2012/2/24 Eric Windisch : > On Friday, February 24, 2012 at 12:01 PM, ed_con...@dell.com wrote: > >> That can work and may be the only choice if there is an extended feature >> freeze. Although, that may end up creating a service provider-specific >> fork...which may not be a bad thing. > It can al

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Eric Windisch
On Friday, February 24, 2012 at 12:01 PM, ed_con...@dell.com wrote: > That can work and may be the only choice if there is an extended feature > freeze. Although, that may end up creating a service provider-specific > fork...which may not be a bad thing. It can also be a very, very bad thing. S

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Stefano Maffulli
On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 09:35 -0600, ed_con...@dell.com wrote: > I like the way you have put out your positions in public so everyone > can understand your viewpoint. It would be good to see more of this > from other PTL nominees. Some of them have added their 'platform' to their names on http://et

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Soren Hansen
2012/2/24 : > That can work and may be the only choice if there is an extended feature > freeze. Although, that may end up creating a service provider-specific > fork...which may not be a bad thing. That's certainly not my intent nor desire. At least not permanently. I'd love to have a chat about

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Ed_Conzel
, February 24, 2012 10:58 AM To: Conzel, Ed Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL 2012/2/24 : > I like most of what you say, but the ""no new features at all" policy > for trunk for the Folsom" causes concern. I absolutely agree tha

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Soren Hansen
2012/2/24 : > I like most of what you say, but the ""no new features at all" policy > for trunk for the Folsom" causes concern. I absolutely agree that Nova > needs to be more stable, predictable and  have more work done around > operations. This is especially true for service provider usage. I >

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Ed_Conzel
s+ed_conzel=dell@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:openstack-bounces+ed_conzel=dell@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Soren Hansen Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 6:08 AM To: Jesse Andrews Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL 2012/2/23 Jesse Andrews : > I

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-24 Thread Soren Hansen
2012/2/23 Jesse Andrews : > I'd love to hear more specifics about what needs more focus.  These > issues are large and have been the major focus of the core team for a > while. >> * Nova is too big. >>   Very few (if any) core developers are comfortable reviewing every >>   part of the code base.

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-23 Thread Soren Hansen
2012/2/23 Duncan McGreggor : > Soren, if elected, by what processes/policies etc. would you > accomplish these goals? Well, there are limits to what a PTL really can do :) However, in practical terms there are a number of things I'd like us to do: * I'd like us to look at the various components

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-23 Thread Jesse Andrews
I'd love to hear more specifics about what needs more focus. These issues are large and have been the major focus of the core team for a while. > * Nova is too big. >   Very few (if any) core developers are comfortable reviewing every >   part of the code base.  In itself, this isn't necessarily

Re: [Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-23 Thread Duncan McGreggor
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Soren Hansen wrote: > I've put my name on the ballot for Nova PTL, and I'd like to explain > what I expect to do (my platform, if you will). > > Nova is facing many separate, but related problems. > > * Nova is too big. >   Very few (if any) core developers are com

[Openstack] Running for Nova PTL

2012-02-23 Thread Soren Hansen
I've put my name on the ballot for Nova PTL, and I'd like to explain what I expect to do (my platform, if you will). Nova is facing many separate, but related problems. * Nova is too big.   Very few (if any) core developers are comfortable reviewing every   part of the code base.  In itself, this