On Nov 15, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Russell Bryant <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/13/2013 11:10 AM, Anita Kuno wrote: >> Neutron Tempest code sprint >> >> In the second week of January in Montreal, Quebec, Canadathere will be a >> Neutron Tempest code sprint to improve the status of Neutron tests in >> Tempest and to add new tests. > > First off, I think anything regarding putting more effort into this is > great. However, I *beg* the Neutron team not to wait until this week to > make significant progress. > > To be clear, IMO, this is already painfully late. It's one of the > largest items blocking deprecation of nova-network and moving forward > with Neutron. This spring is just a couple weeks before icehouse-2. > Come i2, mid-cycle, we're going to have make a call on whether or not > nova-network deprecation seems likely. If not, we really can't wait > around and I will probably propose un-freezing nova-network. > >> The event will be vendor neutral. We will talk to each other based on >> who we are and our interests, not based on who signs our paycheque. If >> folks arrive with logoed shirts (I don't know which logos are work logos >> and which aren't, so I will request no logos please) I will issue you a >> white T-shirt to wear. We need to work collaboratively to effectlvely >> make progress during the code sprint. > > I'm all for promoting a culture of individuals and vendor neutrality. > However, I think this requirement is bizarre and unnecessary. From a > practical standpoint, many people (myself included) get a ton of shirts > at conferences, so a lot of my clothes have tech company logos. If you > actually get people to show up to an event dedicated to working on > testing, who cares what shirt they have on? > > "I will issue you a white T-shirt"?! Are you serious? > >> Someone at the summit choose not to wear footwear at the event. If you >> want to come to the code sprint please plan on wearing appropriate >> footwear in the public areas at the code sprint. For two reasons: >> 1. It will be cold. >> 2. The event is meant to facilitate mutual respect between us to >> increase communication, both at the event and afterwards. I feel wearing >> appropriate footwear supports this goal. > > It's Winter in Canada... I'd be quite surprised if someone went without > shoes. > > I love the idea, but this stuff is just a big turn-off.
Huge +1 from me as well. The sprint and Tempest work is great, the clothing requirements are going to make people not take this seriously. I feel these were not necessary. _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
