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Re: User Friendly Development -was- Fwd: [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

 

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lloyd Dewolf wrote:
>> In my fantasies for the Grizzly release it would start something like:
>>
>> A. Grizzly Summit
>>
>> B. From the summit the Tech Committee & PTL have community consensus
>> on the overarching goal for the release and the projects' goals.
>> Articulated online in user friendly manner.
>>
>> C. Webinar / OpenStack User Groups get a presentation on the release
>> goals, and channels for input and participation.
>>
>> D. About the half way point in release schedule, development adjusts
>> the online communication to reflect reality, presents an update, and
>> again channels for input and participation.
>>
>> How do things work today?  I haven't found much in the wiki.
>
> Currently we publicly track and adjust release goals through the series
> blueprints in Launchpad (for example:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/quantum/folsom for Quantum). You can
> see a combined view for all Folsom at:
> http://wiki.openstack.org/releasestatus/ . The plan is initially seeded
> by the PTLs after the design summit, then continuously adjusted to
> reflect reality (with a status update every week at the Project &
> Release status meeting).
>
> These public plans can then be used by anyone who wants to present them
> in webinars or user group meetups, and anyone is free to comment on them
> and provide input.
>
> --
> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> Release Manager, OpenStack

Very cool. I'll sync up with the crew right after the Grizzly design
summit to see if we can make this accessibly through communication to
the user base.

Anyone else interested in collaborating on driving this experiment?

Thank you,
--
@lloyddewolf
http://www.pistoncloud.com/


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