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[Jay Pipes <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all -
> With lots of help from reviewers at Rackspace and beyond, I've drafted
> a new installation guide for the stable Diablo release. Currently it
> points to packages from two sources - Cloud Builders and Managed IT.
> Much gratitude goes to both groups for their hard work. These
> instructions currently work for Ubuntu only but the way the document
> is put together, adding additional walkthroughs on more OSes should be
> straightforward to create. I also want to note that it's
> straightforward to add Object Storage installation instructions next.
>
> I'd say it still takes me a half day to set up these four project to
> work together. My hope is that this document helps others do it
> faster, after all I'm barely a jr. sys admin and I don't work in
> production or operations.
>
> The reason for my email is that I want to ensure the community is on
> board with this shift towards community-supported packages based on
> backported fixes. I saw in the last team meeting that the people
> creating new point releases of Nova and Glance are also looking
> towards the packaging team to make ppas for these point releases. I
> think this document can easily flex when that occurs, but I want to be
> sure everyone's okay with the approach for now. The main goal is to
> help people get going beyond DevStack (which in itself is plain
> awesome) when it's time for understanding the concepts rather than
> watching the magic happen.
>
> Let me know of any concerns or gotchas with this approach to the installation.

No concerns from me. Rock on, Anne.

-jay