From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Loic Dachary Subject: Ceph stable release team: call for participation Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:19:47 +0700 Message-ID: <56CD3D73.1000204@dachary.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:33372 "EHLO relay4-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932457AbcBXFT5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:19:57 -0500 Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: ceph-users , Ceph Development Hi Ceph, TL;DR: If you have one day a week to work on the next Ceph stable relea= ses [1] your help would be most welcome. The Ceph "Long Term Stable" (LTS) releases - currently hammer[2] - are = used by individuals, non-profits, government agencies and companies for= their production Ceph clusters. They are also used when Ceph is integr= ated into larger products, such as hardware appliances. Ceph packages f= or a range of supported distribution are available at http://ceph.com/.= Before the packages for a new stable release are published, they are c= arefully tested for potential regressions or upgrade problems. The Ceph= project makes every effort to ensure the packages published at http://= ceph.com/ can be used and upgraded in production. The Stable release team[3] plays an essential role in the making of eac= h Ceph stable release. In addition to maintaining an inventory of bugfi= xes that are in various stages of backporting[4], in most cases we do t= he actual backporting ourselves[5]. We also run integration tests invol= ving hundreds of machines[6] and analyze the test results when they fai= l[7]. The developers of the bugfixes only hear from us when we're stuck= or to make the final decision whether to merge a backport into the sta= ble branch. Our process is well documented[8] and participating is a re= laxing experience (IMHO ;-). Every month or so we have the satisfaction= of seeing a new stable release published. There are no pre-requistes to participate. Over time, it is an opportun= ity to learn how the code base is organized. When trying to figure out = which commit does not cherry-pick cleanly, you will learn some of the l= ogic of the Ceph internals. Last but not least, running the integration= tests[6] and analyzing failures is a great way to know precisely what = Ceph is capable of. Nathan Cutler (SUSE) drives the next Hammer release[9] and Abhishek Var= shney (Flipkart) drives the next Infernalis release[10]. Abhishek Leksh= manan (SUSE) helps on all releases and M Ranga Swami Reddy (Reliance Ji= o Infocomm Ltd.) learns the workflow by helping with Hammer. Loic Dacha= ry (Red Hat), one of the Ceph core developers, oversees the process and= provides help and advice when necessary. After these two releases are = published (which should happen in the next few weeks), the roles will c= hange and we would like to invite you to participate. If you're employe= d by a company using Ceph or doing business with it, maybe your manager= could agree to give back to the Ceph community in this way. You can jo= in at any time and you will be mentored while the ongoing releases comp= lete. When the time comes (and if you feel ready), you will be offered = a seat to drive the next release. Cheers [1] Ceph Releases timeline http://ceph.com/docs/master/releases/ [2] Hammer v0.94.6 http://ceph.com/docs/master/release-notes/#v0-94-6-h= ammer [3] Stable release team http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases [4] Hammer backports http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph/issues?query= _id=3D78 [5] Backporting commits http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases/= wiki/HOWTO_backport_commits [6] Integration tests http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases/wi= ki/HOWTO_run_integration_and_upgrade_tests [7] Forensic analysis of integration tests http://tracker.ceph.com/proj= ects/ceph-releases/wiki/HOWTO_forensic_analysis_of_integration_and_upgr= ade_tests [8] Ceph Stable releases home page http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/cep= h-releases/wiki/HOWTO [9] Hammer v0.94.7 http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/14692 [10] Infernalis v9.2.1 http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/13750 --=20 Lo=C3=AFc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html