Agenda for the June 20th meeting
Notes can also be found on the etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stx-first-contact
Attendees: Bruce, Chris Winnicki, Al Bailey, Bill Zvonar
·
Need a volunteer to lead this while Bruce is out (July, August) - Bill volunteers
·
What do new contributors need? See input from Matthew below (in the etherpad)
§
It's hard to help people sometimes - there are notes on the list with minimal data from people
with complex configurations, but without the data needed to triage the problems.
§
Al -we should have a template of standard questions that we ask people who need help - what
load are you running, what configuration are you using, what kind of network setup, storage, etc...
§
How can we figure out who the right person to help even is? E.g. recent questions on SRIOV
/ passthrough
§
Do OpenStack projects use forums? Bruce - I think the primary comms channels in openstack are
IRC and email.
§
We don't have a working example of a running system that people can look at
·
Managing machines on the external network can be scary from an IT point of view
·
Packet.com infrastructure could be used for this
·
Bruce was pushing on a StarlingX in a Box project but we have backed off on this
·
We did a StarlingX hands on workshop at OpenInfra Denver and there is a Chinese workshop coming
up that will also provide hands on
o
We could keep some of the packet machines allocated to hands on but this means on-going support
work for a volunteer or two
§
One thing - when code is changed, we should have a documentation update submitted as well (if
needed)
§
We don't have to (nor can we) do all this work ourselves. We can also drive work items into
the broader project e.g. documentation.