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[Joshua Harlow <harlowja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+ ?

On 4/5/12 9:43 AM, "Jay Pipes" <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

+10000.

On 04/04/2012 04:20 PM, David Kranz wrote:
> +1000
>
> I believe the nova team should make backporting essential bugs to a
> stable essex base and dealing with the upgrade issue the highest
> priority for the start (at least) of the Folsom cycle. We need people to
> deploy real systems using Essex. With regard to smooth upgrades, they
> won't happen if the issue is always punted to the end of a release
> cycle. The way to do this is to create a test very early in Folsom that
> demonstrates how a real large-scale style deployment can be upgraded to
> a new version containing no code changes. Any future change that breaks
> that test must be evaluated to compare the value of the change against
> whatever upgrade pain will be caused. In terms of real deployments, this
> issue scares me more than the fact that there are bugs. There will
> always be bugs. But we can't have it be tricky and risky to deploy the
> fixes.
>
> -David
>
> On 4/4/2012 2:30 PM, Tim Bell wrote:
>>
>> Essex is a key release in this respect. With the excellent work done
>> by the developers, testers and packaging teams, OpenStack is much
>> better positioned than with Diablo.
>>
>> As the work proceeds on Folsom, back porting critical bugs and
>> planning for a smooth migration path for production sites will become
>> factors in keeping the early adopters enthusiastic. These are the user
>> stories that will drive the next wave of OpenStack growth as much as
>> expanding the feature set.
>>
>> Tim Bell
>>
>> CERN
>>
>>
>
>
>
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