Request to add cinder and quantum packages to existing OpenStack MRE

[Adam Gandelman]

Hi-

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