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[Stefano Maffulli <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Highlights of the week


     More coverage of OpenStack Summit

We've all been catching some air this week, it seems. Some more reports 
from the community:

 * SDKs and an OpenStack Grizzly Summit Wrap Up
   <http://blog.phymata.com/2012/10/22/sdks-and-an-openstack-grizzly-summit-wrap-up/>
 * Back from San Diego OpenStack Summit
   <http://maffulli.net/2012/10/20/back-from-san-diego-openstack-summit/>
 * OpenStack Design Summit -- wrap-up and links
   <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/2012/10/20/openstack-design-summit-wrap-up-and-links/>
 * Swift @ OpenStack Summit 2012 <http://www.zmanda.com/blogs/?p=971>
 * Feedback from Design Summit in the first part of the Project meeting
   log
   <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-10-23-21.02.log.html>
 * OpenStack Summit Beach Clean Up
   <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/10/openstack-summit-beach-clean-up/>
   with great pictures


     Inside Synaps, a CloudWatch-like implementation for OpenStack
     <http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2012/openstack-synaps-exploration>

A few days ago, Samsung <http://www.samsung.com/> released the source 
code of Synaps <https://github.com/spcs/synaps>, an implementation of 
the Amazon Web Service CloudWatch API 
<http://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/> for OpenStack 
<http://openstack.org/>. Julien Danjou 
<http://julien.danjou.info/blog/>, a contributor to the Ceilometer 
<http://launchpad.net/ceilometer> project, gives a look at this project 
and how it could overlap with Ceilometer or other projects like Heat 
<http://www.heat-api.org/>.


     Why OpenStack doesn't need a Linus Torvalds
     <http://fnords.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/why-openstack-doesnt-need-a-linus-torvalds/>

As comparing OpenStack with Linux becomes an increasingly popular 
exercise 
<http://www.devx.com/blog/is-openstack-the-linux-of-cloud.html>, it's 
only natural that people and press articles start to ask where the Linus 
of OpenStack is, or who the Linus of OpenStack 
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/102412-openstack-linus-263659.html?hpg1=bn> 
should be. This assumes that technical leaders could somehow be 
appointed in OpenStack. This assumes that the single dictator model is 
somehow reproducible or even desirable. And this assumes that the 
current technical leadership in OpenStack is somehow lacking. Thierry 
Carrez thinks all those three assumptions are wrong.


     Preauthorization in Keystone
     <http://adam.younglogic.com/2012/10/preauthorization-in-keystone/>

Sometimes you need to authorize a service to perform an action on your 
behalf. Often, that action takes place long after any authentication 
token you can provide would have expired. Currently, the only mechanism 
in Keystone that people can use is to share credentials. Adam Young 
<http://adam.younglogic.com/> argues: We can do better.


     New wiki page: Software Development Kits
     <http://wiki.openstack.org/SDKs>

SDKs are a vital part of any ecosystem and we need to start treating 
them as such in OpenStack. To do so we need to raise the profile and 
legitimacy of SDKs that support OpenStack.


     Heat version 7 released <http://markmail.org/message/teb4mvtru6ismk7a>

Heat allows you to launch AWS CloudFormation templates on OpenStack. 
CloudFormation is a programmable interface and templating system for 
orchestrating multiple cloud applications. This version adds an 
OpenStack-native ReST API.


   Tips and tricks

 * By Grid Dynamics OpenStack Team <http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/>:
   OpenStack Migration from Diablo to Essex
   <http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/435/>
 * By Mirantis <http://www.mirantis.com/>: Making the most of your
   application performance on OpenStack Cloud
   <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/making-most-of-openstack-compute-performance/>


   Upcoming Events

 * OpenStack China Tour <http://hui.csdn.net/MeetingInfo.aspx?mid=141>
   Oct 27, 2012 -- Chengdu Details
   <http://hui.csdn.net/MeetingInfo.aspx?mid=141>
 * Swiss OpenStack user group meeting
   <http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/82917082/> Nov 15, 2012 --
   Zürich, CH Details <http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/82917082/>
 * OpenStack in action!
   <http://openstackinaction3theopenrevolution.eventbrite.com/> Nov 29,
   2012 -- Paris, France Register
   <http://openstackinaction3theopenrevolution.eventbrite.com/>
 * EMEA OpenStack Day <http://www.openstack.org/> Dec 05, 2012 --
   London Details <http://www.openstack.org/>


   Other news

 * OpenStack Security Group
   <http://wiki.openstack.org/GrizzlyReleaseSchedule>
 * Grizzly Release Schedule
   <http://wiki.openstack.org/GrizzlyReleaseSchedule> published
 * OpenStack Project Meeting: summary
   <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-10-23-21.02.html>
   and full logs
   <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-10-23-21.02.log.html>.

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