Request to add cinder and quantum packages to existing OpenStack MRE

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:07:02PM -0800, Adam Gandelman wrote:
> Last cycle, the TB granted a provisional Micro Release Exception
> [1] for the OpenStack Essex core components (Nova, Glance, Horizon,
> Keystone) to
> help speed up the process of getting upstream stable release into
> Ubuntu.  Since
> then, two new core components were added to the OpenStack core
> during the Folsom
> cycle: cinder and quantum.  These made their way into the main
> Ubuntu archive
> for Quantal.   I would like to request the cinder and quantum
> packages be added
> to the current MRE to facilitate quick and coordinated stable updates to
> OpenStack users across all core components.
> 
> The same quality assurances made for Nova, Glance, Horizon and
> Keystone are true
> for Quantum and Cinder:
> 
> - Low-volume, bug fix only upstream branches.
> - Upstream commits are required to pass per-review and numerous gating tests
>   before they are eligible for merging.
> - The Ubuntu Server team continues its QA efforts around stable branches,
>   providing per-commit build and integration testing for all changes
> merged into
>   any of the core stable branches upstream.
> - As members of the OpenStack Stable Branch Maintainer team, Dave Walker and
>   Chuck Short continue to help keep and eye on what stable fixes
> land upstream.
> 
> To date, the existing MRE has proven to be extremely helpful in ensuring
> upstream stable updates are pushed out to Ubuntu users in a timely
> manner.  Both
> the Ubuntu Server Team and the OpenStack project have spent a great
> deal of time
> refining the process and tooling around stable updates.  Last cycle,
> were able
> to push out a thoroughly tested batch update to precise-updates [2]
> that closed
> 74 bugs across 4 projects with no reports of regressions.  At the OpenStack
> Developer Summit in October, the project defined a release schedule [3] for
> stable Folsom updates allowing downstreams and users to better plan,
> test and
> prepare accordingly.  We are currently in the process of preparing
> and testing
> the first of these stable Folsom updates for Quantal SRU and hope to
> have Cinder
> and Quantum fixes pushed out alongside the others.
> 
> Best,
> Adam Gandelman
> 
> [1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.technical-board/807
> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/+bug/1041120
> [3] https://etherpad.openstack.org/process-stable-branch

I'd be in support of a provisional MRE for these two as well.

Thanks,

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook