Hi,
Here is the latest Fedora OpenStack status report:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_report_2012-09-28
Historical archives are here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_reports
Cheers,
Pádraig.
(appended below for convenience)
= Distro News =
== Folsom Fedora 18 test days ==
Coinciding with the Folsom and Fedora 18 releases, we ran two
[
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-18_OpenStack Fedora Folsom test days]
on Sep 18th and 25th aligned around the Folsom-3 and Folsom-rc1 releases respectively.
Cinder and Heat are new components compared to the last test day,
and new tests have been included for quantum and swift.
This is a good place to start to get a quick hands on overview of OpenStack.
== OpenStack Installer ==
Derek Higgins has been working on an [
https://github.com/derekhiggins/os-installer
OpenStack installer],
that supports distributed and scripted installs.
== OpenStack side Repositories ==
To augment the [
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/s/openstack official Fedora
OpenStack packages],
we've made an [
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/ OpenStack side
repository] available giving
more flexibility with which OpenStack version is installed on a particular distribution.
Included there for example are the trunk chasing RPMs from the
[
http://smokestack.openstack.org/about smokestack] project.
== Fedora OpenStack patch management ==
With such a vibrant project as OpenStack, efficient patch management is imperative.
The Fedora OpenStack packages largely automate the patch management process through git,
and this process is now documented at the [
http://fedora-openstack.github.com/ landing
page for fedora-openstack] which is
the github organisation used to share these patch management trees.
= Project News =
== Folsom Released ==
Foslom was released on Sep 27th.
Mark McLoughlin prepared [
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17006.html stats on who
contributed]
where you can drill down to details on review and bug handling stats too.
Also referenced there is the pretty
[
http://bitergia.com/public/previews/2012_09_pre-folsom_openstack/ bitergia analysis of
Folsom commits]
where Red Hat features prominently.
== OpenStack Foundation ==
The [
http://www.openstack.org/foundation/ OpenStack Foundation] was launched on
19-09-2012
and there were a few associated elections.
* [
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16722.html Project Technical Leads for
Grizzly]
* [
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2012-September/00...
Technical committee elected members]
* [
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-August/001066.html Individual
Board Members]
* [
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-August/001065.html Gold Board
Members]
== OpenStack Summit ==
The main [
http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/ OpenStack conference and OpenStack
design summit] are coincident.
Summarised below are presentations and proposals from Red Hat employees.
=== Main conference presentations ===
* Mark McLoughlin and Thierry Carez -
[
http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/b616388023e820ced9c09dc384... From
tactical to strategic contributions]
* Steven Dake -
[
http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/f5101a8e719a56fcd895f6461b... Heat: A
template based orchestration engine for OpenStack]
* Perry Myers -
[
http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/23f5f2f25702e93bff3ccf9613... OpenStack
Distributions: How they will shape the future of OpenStack innovation]
=== Design summit proposals ===
* Mark McLoughlin
** Stable branch status and plans
** Oslo status and plans
** nova - making sense of the config options
** Review of python dependencies
* Dan Prince
** Make PostgreSQL a first class citizen
** SmokeStack as a multi-distro test system
* Steven Dake
** heat - Orchestration API - Technical discussion of openstack-specific orchestration
API
** heat - Roadmap discussion - Short (5 mins) description of current unsolved roadmap
items with open brainstorm design session about future roadmap items in 2013
* Angus Salkeld
** Cloudwatch for OpenStack - Describe CloudWatch and how to make it a reality for
OpenStack
* Russell Bryant
** nova - bug handling status and plans
** nova - remove direct database access from compute nodes
* Adam Young
** keystone - PKI status and plans
** keystone - LDAP and Active Directory integration
* Robert Kukura
** quantum - Modular L2 Plugin and Agent
* Gary Kotton
** quantum - rosetta-plugin
== Red Hat contributions ==
Alan Pevec and Mark McLoughlin worked on [
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10579/
improvements to paste config],
supporting less coupled config, which was added to Nova, Glance and Cinder.
Russell Bryant completed the [
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/no-db-messaging
no-db-messaging] work in Nova.
Angus Salkeld has worked on merging a bunch of core service infrastructure
into openstack-common.
Adam Young has been working on PKI token revocation support.
There is too much to track in detail the OpenStack upstream activity of Red Hat
developers,
but here is a link showing the [
http://goo.gl/aewXr latest Red Hat OpenStack upstream
development]
== Stable Branch ==
New members from Red Hat, Debian and Suse were added to the
[
https://launchpad.net/~openstack-stable-maint OpenStack stable maintenance team],
responsible for the stable branches.
= Community engagement =
== OpenStack community meetup, London ==
The [
http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-London/events/77153502/ 2nd London OpenStack
meeting]
took place on Thurs 27th Sept in the same central London location as before.
= Related projects =
== heat API ==
The Heat project [
http://lists.heat-api.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-September/000195.html
released V6].