Re: Setting up a Xen x86 community call

From: Brian Woods <brian.woods@amd.com>
To: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@gmail.com>
Cc: "Chao Peng" <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>,
	"Kevin Tian" <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
	tamas@tklengyel.com,
	"Razvan Cojocaru" <rcojocaru@bitdefender.com>,
	"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	daniel.kiper@oracle.com, "Susie Li" <susie.li@intel.com>,
	"Roger Pau Monné" <royger@freebsd.org>,
	"John Ji" <john.ji@intel.com>, "Babu Moger" <Babu.Moger@amd.com>,
	"Rich Persaud" <persaur@gmail.com>,
	paul.durrant@citrix.com, committers@xenproject.org,
	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
	"Hurwitz, Sherry" <sherry.hurwitz@amd.com>,
	xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
	joao.m.martins@oracle.com, "Brian Woods" <brian.woods@amd.com>,
	boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
Subject: Re: Setting up a Xen x86 community call
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 15:54:11 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180302215410.GA31249@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B2025C1A-199C-4019-9ECF-AFF34FE8D702@gmail.com>

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 04:39:59PM +0100, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Hi all, 
> (sorry for the extensive distribution list - I went through MAINTAINERS and people who may have an interest)
> 
> I would like to start organizing a recurring x86 community call to discuss and sync-up on upcoming features for Xen on x86. This call would mirror and follow a similar structure to the ARM call (see http://xen.markmail.org/thread/xqdxvqcjpf2y5ftu for the last one)
> 
> I expect that the call will contain
> 
> a) Coordination and Planning 
> Coordinating who does what, what needs attention, what is blocked, etc. 
> I would prepare a list of non-merged patch series of a certain size (e.g. more than 5 patches) and attach to the invite
> If anything is missed, I would expect that these are sent to me before the meeting
> 
> b) Design and architecture related discussions: in particular for bigger, more complex items, ... 
> Although all of this could be done by email, in reality, we are all human and many people find it easier to collaborate
> and communicate by talking to each other, rather than by email. This is not a must, but an option to highlight issues
> 
> c) Demos, Sharing of Experiences, Sometimes discussion of specific issues/bugs/problems/...
> This is something which happens frequently on the ARM call and seems to work very well
> 
> I would suggest to start with a 1 hour monthly meeting: possibly every 2nd Tue or Thu each month (depends on timing). I know that people are spread across different timezones (from China to the US), so I would like to gather thoughts before choosing a time. We may have to have alternating time-slots every other month: but this is not ideal for some.
> 
> To do this, please
> * Raise your hands on whether you or your org would want to participate

\o/

> * Provide your timezone

CT

> * Provide a UTC time range when you can attend 

15:00-23:00

> Your sincerely,
> Lars
> 
> 

-- 
Brian Woods

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