In November, the OpenStack Foundation will start requiring vendors requesting new "OpenStack Compatible" storage driver licenses to start passing the Cinder third-party integration tests. The new program was approved by the Board at the July meeting in Austin and follows the improvement of the testing standards and technical requirements for the "OpenStack Powered" program. This is all part of the effort of the Foundation to use the OpenStack brand to guarantee a base-level of interoperability and consistency for OpenStack users and to protect the work of our community of developers by applying a trademark backed by their technical efforts.
The Cinder driver testing is the first step of a larger effort to apply community determined standards to the Foundation marketing programs. We're starting with Cinder because it has a successful testing program in place, and we have plans to extend the program to network drivers and OpenStack applications. We're going require CI testing for new "OpenStack Compatible" storage licenses starting on November 1, and plan to roll out network and application testing in 2016. One of our goals is to work with project leaders and developers to help us define and implement these test programs. The standards for third-party drivers and applications should be determined by the developers and users in our community, who are experts in how to maintain the quality of the ecosystem. We welcome and feedback on this program, and are also happy to answer any questions you might have. Thanks! Chris Hoge Interop Engineer OpenStack Foundation __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev