Jarrod, Just a thought, and you’ve probably considered it already... How about Conflu-X … keeps the ex sound and IMHO sounds better than flux. With an official/long name Conflu-X Administration Toolkit (CAT) it keeps the CAT option open for logos, etc.
My $.02 -Don ---- Don Avart CTO RedLine Performance Solutions, LLC (703) 634-5686 dav...@redlineperf.com > On May 10, 2024, at 5:01 PM, Jarrod Johnson <jjohns...@lenovo.com> wrote: > > > - Any Confluent rebase will likely be renamed to respect existing product > > name and intellectual properties. (Yes we’re looking for names!) > > I'll throw into the ring: > Conflux (Confluent^H^H^HxCAT^H^H^H) > > If Conflux is not unique enough, then it can have a "long name" of: > Conflux Administration Toolkit (CAT) > > Of course, I'm sure IBM would also be cool with "Alternative Implementation > of xCAT (AIX)". > From: Laurence Horrocks-Barlow via xCAT-user <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 2:18 PM > To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: Laurence Horrocks-Barlow <lhorrocks-bar...@ocf.co.uk> > Subject: [External] [xcat-user] xCAT Consortium update > > Dear xCAT community, > > First, we’d like to first start out with an apology, since the consortium’s > announcement in November, IBM’s EoL extension and some smaller communications > we haven’t updated the mailing list. This is mostly due to the consortium > finding it’s feet with the project and transitioning the assets; for this we > would like to thank IBM and Lenovo for their valued input and support. > > To this effect we’d like this mail to serve as an update of where we are and > invite the community to ask us questions. > > What is the consortium about? > > In September 2023 IBM announced it’s End of Life plan for xCAT; this spur ’ed > conversation within the community and lead to 3 independent companies > Megware, OCF and Redline discussing the possibility of combining development > resources to continue on the project; as each of the companies had committed > to the xCAT project and each also had a vested interest in it’s continuation. > This led to the proposal of approaching IBM to discuss a formation of a > consortium to take ownership of the xCAT project whilst also acknowledging > that the consortium wanted to focus on the future for cluster management and > administration tooling; this also led to further approaching Lenovo to > discuss their willingness to contribute confluent to this cause. Both IBM and > Lenovo have been fantastic in supporting the consortium and its goals. > > What are the consortium’s goals? > > We have 3 main goals, > > - Provide extended maintenance, development, and support for xCAT 2 > - There are no plans to add “new” features the focus is > around bug fixing and stability > - There are no plans to support any operating systems past > those that are already supported, i.e. no EL10, no SLES16 > > - Create the next version cluster management and administration tooling > - We acknowledge both IBM xCAT and Lenovo Confluent being > excellent cluster management tooling in their own rights with hours of > committed development being applied to both; the consortium is aiming to take > the best features from both projects to develop the next community driven > tooling > - Some details of “where to start” is still being figured out > > - Everything has to be free, open and vendor agnostic > > What’s been going on? > > It’s been a busy time for the consortium members, Megware, OCF, Redline and > our supporting partners IBM and Lenovo; we’ve been meeting weekly to discuss: > > Logistical/Commercial > Agree any transitions and how they will happen. > Contact other stakeholders and asset owners to seek agreement. > Discuss within all commercial entities of the consortium. > Create a new workspace for all members to collaborate in whilst providing > everyone equal access to assets. > Finalising a memorandum of understanding between the consortium members to > outline responsibilities and mutual goals. > > Technical > Receive training on the current xCAT development and maintenance. > Implement testing services and CI pipelines. > Implement a new contribution license agreement system. > Update assets reflecting the new consortium. > Updating xCAT nightly build to include latest fixes and development - > https://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-core/devel/Linux/core-snap/core-rpms-snap.tar.bz2 > Target Summer 2024 for xCAT 2.17 (milestone 53) to include Better EL 9 > supports, Support for more secure IPMI ciphers, Initial ARM support > > The future > The consortium is finalising: > > - Its decision to rebase Confluent as it’s start for the next cluster > management and administration tooling. > - The language to continue using? > - This will almost certainly be python. > - What features to port over from xCAT? > - Which configuration management tooling should be included as a base? > - Any Confluent rebase will likely be renamed to respect existing product > name and intellectual properties. (Yes we’re looking for names!) > > How can you help? > > We are looking for community input: > > - What are your priorities? What features are you looking for? > - Can you help us bug fix? Document? Create features? > - Do you think we’re doing the right thing? What would you do differently? > > Let us know on the mailing list, or alternatively 2 of the consortium members > are at ISC next week so why not come and talk to us in person? > > ISC, Congress Center Hamburg from June 10-13, 2025. > > Megware – B30 > OCF – G50 > > > Laurence Horrocks-Barlow | Technical Director > <https://www.ocf.co.uk/> > Phone: > > 0114 257 2200 > > Address: > > OCF Limited, Unit 5 Rotunda Business Centre, Thorncliffe Park, Chapeltown, > Sheffield S35 2PG > > Website: > > www.ocf.co.uk <http://www.ocf.co.uk/> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/ocf-limited/> > <https://twitter.com/ocf_hpc?lang=en> > > OCF Limited is a company registered in England and Wales. 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