On 07/19/2016 09:33 AM, Oyvind Albrigtsen wrote: > On 19/07/16 14:35, Lars Ellenberg wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:13:42AM -0500, Ken Gaillot wrote: >>> A suggestion came up recently to formalize a new version of the OCF >>> resource agent API standard[1]. >>> >>> The main goal would be to formalize the API as it is actually used >>> today, and to replace the "unique" meta-data attribute with two new >>> attributes indicating uniqueness and reloadability. We could also add >>> the fence agent API as a new spec, or expand the RA spec to cover both. >>> >>> The Open Cluster Framework (OCF) was originally created in 2003 as a >>> working group of the Free Standards Group, which itself was absorbed >>> into the Linux Foundation in 2007. Today, OCF isn't even listed among >>> the Linux Foundation's workgroups[2]. >>> >>> The opencf.org domain name (and, IIRC, website) is owned by Linbit. >> To link with the last few times this came up: >> >> From: Lars Ellenberg, 2015-02-10 20:44:40 GMT >> Reviving the OCF OpenCF.org Open cluster framework >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.clustering.opencf.general/31/focus=31 >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.clustering.opencf.general/31/focus=46 >> >> ^^ that one seems relevant. >> Basically "we all" agreed that $someone should do $something, >> and we would point all available pointers we still >> have control over to the result. >> >> As it frequently is, no-one felt to be $someone, >> and so $something still needs to be done :-) > I can take care of formalizing the new OCF API. > > > Oyvind
And I've emailed the Linux Foundation to ask them to clarify the status of OCF, and whether ClusterLabs can take it over, or they want to revive it. >> Thanks for picking it up again! >> >> Re "LF work group": I'm very bad with bureaucracy myself... >> >> Older: >> >> From: Marek "marx" Grac, 2014-10-27 10:23:05 GMT >> Who will maintain OCF standard? Proposal for changes in DTD for >> fence/resource agents >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.clustering.opencf.general/21 >> (in which Linbit was given opencf and linux-ha domains) >> >> ... >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.clustering.opencf.general/ >> >>> Does anyone have opinions about this, or suggestions about where to >>> start? Should we keep it on the mailing lists, and focus on the RA API? >>> Or should we figure out the status of OCF itself as an entity, and >>> resurrect it somehow? >>> >>> [1] >>> http://www.opencf.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/specs/ra/resource-agent-api.txt?rev=HEAD >>> >>> [2] http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups >>> -- >>> Ken Gaillot <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Developers mailing list [email protected] http://clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/developers
