[lustre-devel] Lustre 2.9 planning and Projects page

[Christopher J. Morrone <morrone2@llnl.gov>]

Hello everyone,

With Lustre 2.8 nearing completion, it is a good time for everyone to 
communicate their intentions for major changes that they intend to try 
to complete in time for 2.9.

Not everything we had hoped to land for 2.8 was able to run the complete 
peer review process and land before the Feature Freeze or Code Freeze 
windows closed.  Those changes that missed the 2.8 landing windows are, 
at this time, the closest to being ready for landing during the 2.9 
landing windows.

Keep in mind that major changes and features that you want to get into 
Lustre are more likely to land smoothly if you discuss your intentions 
and design details here on the lustre-devel mailing list well in advance 
of the target landing date that you have in mind.  Peer review of 
designs is as important as peer review of code.  If your peers have 
approved your design ahead code submission time, even informally, then 
the code review process is likely to go much more smoothly.

Also, for any change reasonably large in size (e.g. new features, major 
code refactorings), it is wise to list your under-way project on the 
lustre.org wiki's Projects page:

   http://wiki.lustre.org/Projects

Keeping your project entry and its target completion date current will 
help us all know what other work is going on in parallel that might 
impact our own projects.

Chris