It's conference week for the Apache CloudStack project. This week we look at some of the CloudStack Collaboration Conference presentations, work continues on 4.1.1 and 4.2.0, and we have some interesting discussions on how we should release the CloudMonkey and Marvin tools used with CloudStack. There's a by-laws vote underway to look at how and where we decide non-technical issues, and some discussion on the best way to to discuss and do code reviews.
In this section we look at major discussions that have happened on the CloudStack mailing lists. This is by no means a full summary of all discussions on the lists, but we try to hit the highlights that are relevant to the larger CloudStack community.
With 4.1 now released we are already beginning work on the 4.1.1 patch update. Ilya Musayev is release manager for the 4.1.x branch, but Chip Childers will handle the 4.1.1 release as Ilya is unavailable during the timeframe we expect to finish 4.1.1 and call for a VOTE.
Follow-up On June 9th, Rohit Yadav asked about a problem with the 4.1.0-0 CloudMonkey release on PyPI lacking the failsafe API cache. Starting a discussion about the future of how to treat CloudMonkey and Marvin.
Rohit and David Nalley have since moved CloudStack CloudMonkey out to it's own Git Repository and version based off the continuing conversation through last week. No decisions have been made yet in regards to Marvin and if community members have an opinion are encouraged to join the discussion.
In previous discussion about publishing books about CloudStack on the CloudStack.Apache.Org page, Sebastien Goasguen but noted that there's a question about voting on a list that isn't dev@:
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Our bylaws (1) do not cover votes on non-technical matters, so while we have
lazy majority on this vote it seems that this situation is not covered by the
bylaws. Moreover section 3.1.1 of bylaws says that decisions on the project
happen on dev@, so it seems that votes even on marketing@ are not allowed
(unsure about this).
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Based off this, Noah Slater has purposed new language to the by-laws to help improve our ability to manage such decisions.
We now enter the work period and get going on these proposals. Please help them as they try to help improve Apache CloudStack.
Please let your voice and your organization be heard in this short survey. We would like to have both users of the Apache CloudStack source and Commercial derivatives, "We will be using the data in aggregate to get to know more about how it's being deployed out there." Chip Childers commented. Click Here to take the short survey.
In a heavily discussed topic throughout the community to allow the publishing of outside books about CloudStack on the CloudStack.Apache.Org website or wiki, it was finally voted on and decided to allow outside publications to be published. Right now Sebastien Goasguen has setup a wiki page and will work on where to have the permanent placement for this page.
Gregg Witkin and Jessica Tomechak are working together on videos this summer, including one that aims to show some of the most interesting real-world applications of CloudStack. They're asking for participation on this video, and suggestions for other videos you'd like to see. Check out these videos Gregg did with CloudStack just last year. Link 1, Link 2
If you're not able to join, all sessions are being recorded and will be available after the conference for viewing.