- Board - oVirt List Archives

Article about oVirt in eWeek
by Robyn Bergeron 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

We don't exactly have a "marketing" list at this point, so, posting here. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Taking-oVirt-for-a-Spin-262165/

1 0

oVirt Weekly Sync Meeting Minutes :: 2011-12-07
by Robyn Bergeron 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Thanks for coming today, everyone. -Robyn Minutes: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2011/ovirt.2011-12-07-15.00.html Full Log: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2011/ovirt.2011-12-07-15.00.log.html ========================== #ovirt: oVirt Sync Meeting ========================== Meeting started by rbergeron at 15:00:25 UTC. The full logs are available at http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2011/ovirt.2011-12-07-15.00.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Who's around? (rbergeron, 15:00:50) * Who's here is captured at the end of the meeting minutes - you can see number of lines said per person. :) (rbergeron, 15:01:47) * Press release status (rbergeron, 15:03:42) * The press release is complete with all approvals, working through the final process in all companies' pr teams, expected to hit wire on 14th. (rbergeron, 15:05:24) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-09-08_Intel (rbergeron, 15:17:40) * AGREED: git + instructions + link to in-progress work need to be up / validated by Press release on Wed. Dec 14 (rbergeron, 15:35:32) * ACTION: rbergeron to seek volunteers on-list re: reviewing current git instructions, identifying issues/problems (rbergeron, 15:37:37) * sgordon has volunteered for assisting in editing git instructions (rbergeron, 15:37:50) * First Release Date (rbergeron, 15:37:53) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Building_Ovirt_Engine (sgordon, 15:38:22) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Node_Building (sgordon, 15:38:46) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/First_release (sgordon, 15:39:11) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Building_Ovirt_Engine (rbergeron, 15:42:47) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Installing_VDSM_from_rpm (rbergeron, 15:42:53) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/First_release (quaid, 15:59:29) * ACTION: oschreib to confirm on arch list if projects will be ready for a release on jan. 31 with a freeze 2 weeks prior (rbergeron, 16:07:23) * each project can freeze beforehand as well, as long as they can provide something stable enough for release (rbergeron, 16:08:07) * RPM stuff (rbergeron, 16:09:22) * sgordon hasn't gotten any feedback on http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/arch/2011-November/000090.html yet, so no movement (rbergeron, 16:09:38) * Any other business? (rbergeron, 16:11:20) Meeting ended at 16:13:16 UTC. Action Items ------------ * rbergeron to seek volunteers on-list re: reviewing current git instructions, identifying issues/problems * oschreib to confirm on arch list if projects will be ready for a release on jan. 31 with a freeze 2 weeks prior Action Items, by person ----------------------- * oschreib * oschreib to confirm on arch list if projects will be ready for a release on jan. 31 with a freeze 2 weeks prior * rbergeron * rbergeron to seek volunteers on-list re: reviewing current git instructions, identifying issues/problems * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * rbergeron (113) * cctrieloff (51) * oschreib (34) * quaid (33) * sgordon (31) * itamar (28) * cdub (9) * xTs_w (9) * pmyers (8) * ovirtbot (5) * aliguori (1) * ovedo (1) * mestery (1) * smoser (1) * jarod (1) * MarkBaker (1) * aglitke (1) * mdday (1) * gargya (1) * rharpermob1 (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot

1 0

oVirt Weekly Sync Meeting Agenda :: 2011-11-07
by Robyn Bergeron 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

oVirt Sync Meeting Agenda Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 15:00 UTC (10:00am US Eastern, 7:00am US Pacific) Invitees: board(a)ovirt.org list subscribers IRC Meeting * irc.oftc.net in #ovirt Agenda topics include: * Press release status * Updates on availability of presentations for general usage * First release * Discussing/confirming a first release date * Ongoing repository discussion (sgordon) * Upcoming Event Planning * BYOT (Bring your own topic) See you there! -Robyn

1 0

Re: oVirt Weekly Sync Meeting Minutes :: 2011-11-30
by Karsten Wade 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

I'll drive planning something for LinuxCon NA, and let someone else handle Barcelona. :) - Karsten "Benedict, Jon" <bjon(a)netapp.com> wrote: On 12/1/11 7:43 AM, "Robyn Bergeron" <rbergero(a)redhat.com> wrote: > On 12/01/2011 01:50 AM, Dor Laor wrote: >> On 11/30/2011 10:41 PM, Robyn Bergeron wrote: >>> * Upcoming event planning (rbergeron, 15:08:43) >> >> >> The next kvm forum 2012 will be in Barcelona on November. >> If ovirt wishes to co-locate which IMHO makes allot of sense, you need >> to take an action with Linux Foundation NOW in order to reserve space. > Is KVM Forum preceding LinuxCon, as it did in NA this past year? > > Is an oVirt workshop it something we'd want to have as a multi-day > event, or a single day event, and is it something that can overlap with > either KVM Forum or Linuxcon, or should it be its own day? I don't believe it's an overlap this year. As noted, KVM Forum is in Barcelona in November. LinuxCon (NA) is in San Diego, CA in August. jb > > I'm feeling like one day, in-between KVM Forum and LinuxCon might be > logical, assuming none of them overlap on days. That way people not > attending both events can have a chance to attend. > >> >> +1 for co-locating it w/ kvm >> >>> * Robyn received word that we can have a full day room at the Red Hat >>> dev. conference in Brno in Feb. (17th/18th, not sure on exact day >>> yet) (rbergeron, 15:10:18) >>> * ACTION: rbergero to work on the events wiki page and fill up with >>> events where we should plan presence (rbergeron, 15:11:00) >>> * ACTION: rbergeron to also add confs with papers, when to submit, >>> etc. (rbergeron, 15:11:43) >>> * waiting on FOSDEM to find out about availability for conference >>> session (rbergeron, 15:13:25) >>> * is probably best to get basic planning for conferences done in the >>> next 2 weeks or so, people are working budgets. (rbergeron, >>> 15:14:47) >>> * Booth interest exists, but we need to see WHO CAN GO :) (for >>> FOSDEM) >>> (rbergeron, 15:18:51) >>> * ACTION: cctrieloff to hack on an official presentation this week >>> for >>> use by others at events (rbergeron, 15:20:46) >>> * LINK: >>> http://www.ovirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Ovirt-WorkShop-Invitation.pd >>> f >>> >>> >>> (quaid, 15:21:39) >> > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > Board(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/board Jon Benedict Technical Marketing Engineer Virtualization & Cloud Blog http://captainkvm.com | Twitter @CaptainKVM NetApp 919.476.5093 Direct 919.757.7789 Mobile Jon.Benedict(a)netapp.com www.netapp.com _______________________________________________ Board mailing list Board(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/board

1 0

oVirt Weekly Sync Meeting Minutes :: 2011-11-30
by Robyn Bergeron 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Minutes: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2011/ovirt.2011-11-30-15.00.html Full Log: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2011/ovirt.2011-11-30-15.00.log.html Full minutes follow below. Thanks, -Robyn ================================= #ovirt: oVirt Weekly Sync Meeting ================================= Meeting started by rbergeron at 15:00:13 UTC. The full logs are available at http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2011/ovirt.2011-11-30-15.00.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Who's here? (rbergeron, 15:00:41) * cctrieloff, jumper45, smoser, pmyers, ovedo, dannf, masayag, oschreib, jimjag, ykaul, sgordon, aglitke, quaid, doron present (rbergeron, 15:02:11) * itamar present (rbergeron, 15:02:20) * Today's Agenda (rbergeron, 15:02:25) * Today's Agenda: Press release status, upcoming event planning, First release "stuff", FTP/repository "stuff". (rbergeron, 15:02:59) * lpeer, acathrow present (rbergeron, 15:03:11) * Press Release Status (rbergeron, 15:03:52) * rharper present (rbergeron, 15:04:10) * Still waiting on Cisco, but is in progress. Just waiting on corporate signoff, etc. (rbergeron, 15:05:55) * Upcoming event planning (rbergeron, 15:08:43) * Robyn received word that we can have a full day room at the Red Hat dev. conference in Brno in Feb. (17th/18th, not sure on exact day yet) (rbergeron, 15:10:18) * ACTION: rbergero to work on the events wiki page and fill up with events where we should plan presence (rbergeron, 15:11:00) * ACTION: rbergeron to also add confs with papers, when to submit, etc. (rbergeron, 15:11:43) * waiting on FOSDEM to find out about availability for conference session (rbergeron, 15:13:25) * is probably best to get basic planning for conferences done in the next 2 weeks or so, people are working budgets. (rbergeron, 15:14:47) * Booth interest exists, but we need to see WHO CAN GO :) (for FOSDEM) (rbergeron, 15:18:51) * ACTION: cctrieloff to hack on an official presentation this week for use by others at events (rbergeron, 15:20:46) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Ovirt-WorkShop-Invitation.p… (quaid, 15:21:39) * First Release stuff. (rbergeron, 15:21:45) * ACTION: acathrow to take a crack at a presentation starting w/features, gui sutff, move into tech architecture, someone else can add contributions/getting started (rbergeron, 15:25:47) * oschreib is confirmed as the Release Manager for the first release. :) (rbergeron, 15:30:03) * LINK: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/First_release (quaid, 15:32:49) * itamar: so i'm for treating the versions as major, going 6 months cycle (except for maybe first few which will do more rapidly to shape things up). and we provide upgrade support for last 2 major versions (cctrieloff, 15:54:46) * ftp (cctrieloff, 15:55:39) * sgordon discussed RPM / repo stuff onlist yesterday in arch@; please read and digest and respond (rbergeron, 16:03:15) * Opening of Lists (rbergeron, 16:05:14) Meeting ended at 16:20:36 UTC. Action Items ------------ * rbergero to work on the events wiki page and fill up with events where we should plan presence * rbergeron to also add confs with papers, when to submit, etc. * cctrieloff to hack on an official presentation this week for use by others at events * acathrow to take a crack at a presentation starting w/features, gui sutff, move into tech architecture, someone else can add contributions/getting started Action Items, by person ----------------------- * acathrow * acathrow to take a crack at a presentation starting w/features, gui sutff, move into tech architecture, someone else can add contributions/getting started * cctrieloff * cctrieloff to hack on an official presentation this week for use by others at events * rbergeron * rbergeron to also add confs with papers, when to submit, etc. * **UNASSIGNED** * rbergero to work on the events wiki page and fill up with events where we should plan presence People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * rbergeron (122) * cctrieloff (56) * quaid (49) * sgordon (40) * itamar (23) * oschreib (19) * jimjag (16) * pmyers (15) * abaron (11) * smoser (11) * doron_{^_^} (10) * aliguori (7) * acathrow (7) * ovirtbot (5) * jumper45 (4) * lpeer (2) * ovedo (2) * ykaul (2) * rharper (2) * ichristo (1) * oschreib1 (1) * aglitke (1) * masayag (1) * alon (1) * dannf (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot

6 10

Fwd: Your message to Engine-devel awaits moderator approval
by Anthony Liguori 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

I really don't want to be autosubscribed to 10 more mailing lists. Can we please open the various ovirt lists? I'm already getting multiple copies of a bunch of emails because of how much things are being cross posted. It's getting fairly frustrating. Regards, Anthony Liguori -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Your message to Engine-devel awaits moderator approval Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:52:38 -0500 From: engine-devel-bounces(a)ovirt.org To: anthony(a)codemonkey.ws Your mail to 'Engine-devel' with the subject Re: Announcing a proof of concept REST API for VDSM Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Post by non-member to a members-only list Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive notification of the moderator's decision. If you would like to cancel this posting, please visit the following URL: http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/confirm/engine-devel/7780c81b822e5ac76303cfb…

4 3

Sponsor for oVirt
by Jared Mallett 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Hello, I was interested in your open source project and was curious about the sponsorship opportunity. Would you have any further information available about sponsoring? Thanks Jared Mallett Product Marketing Manager & Technical Sales Office: 603-734-5875 | Cell: 603-479-9666 <mailto:jared.mallett@opengear.com> jared.mallett(a)opengear.com Description: email-logo-blue

4 4

First community release
by Carl Trieloff 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

At the workshop in the release / roadmap working session we agreed that around November 16th we see how all the distro's are making out in creating a release for oVirt and set the date for the first community release. Please have your comments / feedback for that time period, at which point I will start the release discussions. regards Carl.

11 15

oVirt IRC Weekly Sync Meeting Agenda :: 2011-11-30
by Robyn Bergeron 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

See you there! -Robyn oVirt Sync Meeting Agenda Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 15:00 UTC (10:00am US Eastern, 7:00am US Pacific) Invitees: board(a)ovirt.org list subscribers IRC Meeting * irc.oftc.net in #ovirt Agenda topics include: * Press release status * Upcoming event planning * First release * Release Manager confirmation * First release feedback: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Releases/First_Release * FTP/repository setup status * sgordon: status on ovirt-release rpm for installation of repo file (last week's action)

1 0

Fwd: Re: First community release
by Jon Choate 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

missed the board list -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: First community release Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:32:27 -0500 From: Jon Choate <jchoate(a)redhat.com> To: arch(a)ovirt.org On 11/29/2011 12:58 PM, Barak Azulay wrote: > On 11/29/2011 05:59 PM, Livnat Peer wrote: >> On 11/07/2011 06:51 PM, Carl Trieloff wrote: >>> >>> At the workshop in the release / roadmap working session we agreed that >>> around November 16th we see how all the distro's are making out in >>> creating a release for oVirt and set the date for the first community >>> release. >>> >>> Please have your comments / feedback for that time period, at which >>> point I will start the release discussions. >>> >>> regards >>> Carl. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Board mailing list >>> Board(a)ovirt.org >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/board >> >> Hi All, >> Not sure where we stand with the first release but I think we should >> take into account the jboss version we use before releasing. >> >> We currently deploy on jboss as 5, but we started working on deployment >> on jboss as 7. >> Releasing on AS 5 and then moving to AS 7 might require some upgrade >> path and it is a time consuming task to do that. >> >> Since we already started working on the deployment on jboss AS 7, I >> think it might worth holding back first 'formal' release until it is >> done. It will help us avoiding upgrade support and get all the benefits >> of using as7 (startup time, memory/cpu foot-print etc.) - get better >> reviews? >> >> Livnat > > > I think we should aim for a fast first release, meaning ASAP on jboss 5 > > The questions are: > > 1 - what is a release? a tag in all the repos to be picked up by each > distro ? > 2 - do we have any criteria on what is good enough for a release ? or > any point in time that everybody feels ready? > I like to approach the idea in reverse: 1 - What is preventing us from releasing today? 2- Are these really worth holding up the release? 3 - What can we do today so that the issues in #1 are gone tomorrow? I too am unsure what a release really means when people can get the code any time that they want and we could declare a release whenever and as often as we want. > Thanks > Barak Azulay > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Board mailing list >> Board(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/board > > _______________________________________________ > Arch mailing list > Arch(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/arch _______________________________________________ Arch mailing list Arch(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/arch

1 0