Fantastic news! I had hoped you'd run again. While I haven't been around Nova all that long, I've really enjoyed the approachable & jovial tone you bring to #openstack-nova.
And your work ethic speaks for itself. Thanks Matt! --diana On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Matt Riedemann <mrie...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > This is my self-nomination to continue running as Nova PTL for the Ocata > cycle. > > Looking back at Newton, the Nova team accomplished a lot. Random things that > stick out for me: > > * Cells v2 in a single-cell deployment plus CI jobs. > * Placement API for tracking quantitative resources on compute nodes. > * Dedicated voting live migration CI job. > * os-vif integration for libvirt (linuxbridge and OVS backends). > * Glance v2 integration. > * nova-network deprecation (for real this time!) > * Server tags support (v2.26). > * Virtual device tags for libvirt and hyper-v (v2.32). > * Proxy API deprecation (v2.36). > * Get me a network (v2.37). > * API policy defaults in code. > * api-ref docs in tree and massively cleaned up. > * Continued cleanup and documentation of the configuration options. > * Ironic multiple compute host support. > * Ironic multiple tenant networking support. > * Libvirt live migration post-copy mode. > * Vendordata (version 2) API for the metadata service. > * Several notifications are now versioned. > * os-brick + oslo.privsep support. > * Improved third party CI for NFV (Intel and Mellanox). > * Deferred fixed IP allocation for Neutron ports. > * gate-tempest-dsvm-lvm job in the experimental queue. > * plus a lot more (100 approved blueprints, 64 complete or partially complete) > > I think we have some momentum going into Ocata, which is a shorter release, to > continue some of the work from Newton. My personal priorities for Ocata are: > > * Continue work on cells v2, specifically around multi-cell support and making > cells v2 required in Nova deployments for the Ocata release. > * Continue work on the placement API, including making it required for Nova > deployments by the Ocata release. There will also be work on modeling > capabilities for the placement service. > * The libvirt imagebackend refactor which is a prerequisite for implementing > libvirt storage pools is going to need focus in Ocata. This was the one > priority from Newton that did not really "make it" and I want to come up > with > a plan to push that forward, which probably includes dedicated review focus, > improved test coverage (non-Tempest integration testing), and milestones to > make sure we are staying on track. > * Discoverable API support which builds off the policy in code and > capabilities > modeling work. > * There were several blueprints which were close in Newton but missed the cut > due to the non-priority feature freeze and I think we can get those in early > in Ocata. > * Python 3 support since that's a cross-project OpenStack effort for Ocata. > * We will need to start taking a deeper look at improving workflows between > Nova/Cinder and Nova/Neutron. For Cinder this means the simplified API stack > that John Griffith has been POCing which is a prerequisite for volume > multiattach support. For Neutron this means improved coordination of tasks > like during live migration. John Garbutt has already started working with > the > Neutron team on this. > > Like in Newton, I would like to restrict spec reviews mainly to re-approvals > early so that we can close out things that are nearly already ready to go > before accepting new work, especially with the shorter cycle. > > I will continue to foster the subteams that are working and holding meetings > in > Nova. I think that has been going well and helps focus efforts which do not > have a dedicated core involved on a daily basis. I want to also continue doing > regular status checks in the mailing list and recaps of events, be those > summit sessions or even hangout sessions, so that the entire team is on the > same page and we have clear communication. > > This is definitely not a one person show and I owe a lot to the people working > in Nova every day. As I said in my Newton nomination I want to be PTL to help > manage the project forward in Ocata and keep the development team focused on > getting work done, but I definitely can not and will not do that alone. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > -- > > Thanks, > > Matt Riedemann > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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 __________________________________________________________________________ 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