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Subject:    [ceph-users] [puppet] Moving puppet-ceph to the Openstack big tent
From:       loic () dachary ! org (Loic Dachary)
Date:       2015-09-29 22:11:28
Message-ID: 560B0C90.1000500 () dachary ! org
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Good move :-)

On 29/09/2015 23:45, Andrew Woodward wrote:
> [I'm cross posting this to the other Ceph threads to ensure that it's seen]
> 
> We've discussed this on Monday on IRC and again in the puppet-openstack IRC \
> meeting. The current census is that we will move from the deprecated stackforge \
> organization and will be moved to the openstack one. At this time we will not be \
> perusing membership as a formal OpenStack project. This will allow puppet-ceph to \
> retain the tight relationship with OpenStack community and tools for the time \
> being.  
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 8:32 AM David Moreau Simard <dms at redhat.com <mailto:dms \
> at redhat.com>> wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> puppet-ceph currently lives in stackforge [1] which is being retired
> [2]. puppet-ceph is also mirrored on the Ceph Github organization [3].
> This version of the puppet-ceph module was created from scratch and
> not as a fork of the (then) upstream puppet-ceph by Enovance [4].
> Today, the version by Enovance is no longer officially maintained
> since Red Hat has adopted the new release.
> 
> Being an Openstack project under Stackforge or Openstack brings a lot
> of benefits but it's not black and white, there are cons too.
> 
> It provides us with the tools, the processes and the frameworks to
> review and test each contribution to ensure we ship a module that is
> stable and is held to the highest standards.
> But it also means that:
> - We forego some level of ownership back to the Openstack foundation,
> it's technical committee and the Puppet Openstack PTL.
> - puppet-ceph contributors will also be required to sign the
> Contributors License Agreement and jump through the Gerrit hoops [5]
> which can make contributing to the project harder.
> 
> We have put tremendous efforts into creating a quality module and as
> such it was the first puppet module in the stackforge organization to
> implement not only unit tests but also integration tests with third
> party CI.
> Integration testing for other puppet modules are just now starting to
> take shape by using the Openstack CI inrastructure.
> 
> In the context of Openstack, RDO already ships with a mean to install
> Ceph with this very module and Fuel will be adopting it soon as well.
> This means the module will benefit from real world experience and
> improvements by the Openstack community and packagers.
> This will help further reinforce that not only Ceph is the best
> unified storage solution for Openstack but that we have means to
> deploy it in the real world easily.
> 
> We all know that Ceph is also deployed outside of this context and
> this is why the core reviewers make sure that contributions remain
> generic and usable outside of this use case.
> 
> Today, the core members of the project discussed whether or not we
> should move puppet-ceph to the Openstack big tent and we had a
> consensus approving the move.
> We would also like to hear the thoughts of the community on this topic.
> 
> Please let us know what you think.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/stackforge/puppet-ceph
> [2]: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/192016/
> [3]: https://github.com/ceph/puppet-ceph
> [4]: https://github.com/redhat-cip/puppet-ceph
> [5]: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/How_To_Contribute
> 
> David Moreau Simard
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> Andrew Woodward
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Lo?c Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre

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