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.