[Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-11-12 Thread Steve Gordon
- Original Message - > From: "John Garbutt" > To: maishsk+openst...@maishsk.com [SNIP] > On 14 May 2015 at 19:52, Maish Saidel-Keesing wrote: > > Can we please have this as a default template and the default way to allow > > Operators to submit a feature request for EVERY and ALL the Op

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread Boris Pavlovic
Sean, Adding most features to most projects requires a reasonable conversation > about how that impacts other parts of that project, and other projects > in OpenStack, and how it impacts existing deploys of OpenStack, and > compatibility between OpenStack implementations in the field, especially >

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread Sean Dague
On 05/15/2015 07:20 AM, Boris Pavlovic wrote: > John, > > > So, you can have all details in the spec, or you can have only the > problem statement complete. Its up to you as a submitter how much > detail you want to provide. I would recommend adding rough ideas into > the alternat

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread Boris Pavlovic
John, So, you can have all details in the spec, or you can have only the > problem statement complete. Its up to you as a submitter how much > detail you want to provide. I would recommend adding rough ideas into > the alternatives section, and leaving everything else blank except the > problem s

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-15 Thread John Garbutt
> On 05/14/15 21:04, Boris Pavlovic wrote: > I believe that backlog should be different much simpler then specs. Agreed. And they are. > Imho Operators don't have time / don't want to write long long specs and > analyze how they are aligned with specs > or moreover how they should be implemented

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-14 Thread Maish Saidel-Keesing
On 05/14/15 21:04, Boris Pavlovic wrote: John, I believe that backlog should be different much simpler then specs. Imho Operators don't have time / don't want to write long long specs and analyze how they are aligned with specs or moreover how they should be implemented and how they impact pe

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-14 Thread Assaf Muller
Kyle Mestery recently merged a governance change in Neutron that introduces the idea of request for enhancement bug. Anyone can file a bug against Neutron and tag it with 'rfe'. The bug should include the problem statement and use cases, and any developer can later come in write a spec should it r

Re: [Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-14 Thread Boris Pavlovic
John, I believe that backlog should be different much simpler then specs. Imho Operators don't have time / don't want to write long long specs and analyze how they are aligned with specs or moreover how they should be implemented and how they impact performance/security/scalability. They want jus

[Openstack-operators] [nova] Backlog Specs: a way to send requirements to the developer community

2015-05-14 Thread John Garbutt
Hi, I was talking with Matt (VW) about how best some large deployment working sessions could send their requirements to Nova. As an operator, if you have a problem that needs fixing or use case that needs addressing, a great way of raising that issue with the developer community is a "Backlog" no