[ubuntu-cloud] OpenSTack @ Ubuntu Cloud

[Jim Wyatt]

OpenStack is a science project for Rackspace. I expect it to meet its
goal of fragmenting the market and stalling progress while commercial
interests get their fill. When will we learn...


On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 22:25 +0200, Soren Hansen wrote:
> On 25-08-2010 20:54, Paul Graydon wrote:
> > It's still very, very early for the project.  OpenStack hasn't reached
> > initial release yet, that's currently scheduled for October 21st which
> > is barely a month before Maverick is due.
> 
> Maverick is due October 10th.
> 
> > It might be stable enough for Natty, assuming the release schedule
> > doesn't slip, and all the components actually make an appearance (Object
> > Storage was released barely a month ago, Compute isn't expected to show
> > its face for at the very least another month)
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by this. Nova (the compute component) is
> available now, it just hasn't had an actual release. It's all on
> Launchpad and has been since before the project was even announced.
> 
> For reference:
> https://launchpad.net/swift
> https://launchpad.net/nova
> 
> The release dates you refer to are mostly for Nova. Swift is production
> ready now, but we'll probably roll a release of both on the same date
> when we get there.
> 
> -- 
> Soren Hansen
> Ubuntu Developer
> http://www.ubuntu.com/
>