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Nova

Official name OpenStack Compute
Source code https://github.com/openstack/nova
Bug tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova
Feature tracker https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova
Developer doc http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/


We align with what was the integrated release schedule, with three milestones.

But we do have some Nova specific process deadlines, please see Nova/Stein_Release_Schedule and Nova Process

Python Nova client

Source code https://github.com/openstack/python-novaclient
Bug tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-novaclient
Feature tracker https://blueprints.launchpad.net/python-novaclient

People


For bug tag owners, please see: Nova Bug Triage

For other folks, please see: Cross Project Liaisons (CPLs)

General Resources

Documentation

Release Process

Code Review Dashboards

  • Many Nova reviewers use dashboards to help them decide what to review. Nova/GerritDashboards tracks some of our favorites.

Other resources

Resources for Contributors

Contributor Documentation

Nova subteams

The Nova team meets weekly: Meetings/Nova.

In addition to a project-wide Nova gathering each week, there are some sub-teams. These sub-teams get together to discuss work going on in a focused area of Nova.

Code Review Subteam

Sub-teams don't need permission. They can be around for short or long periods of time.

A common pattern is an ad-hoc group of people, focusing on a sub set of reviews. They generally co-ordinate on here: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stein-nova-subteam-tracking

For each sub-team, the etherpad usually includes:

  • list of people in the group (IRC nicks)
  • list of patches the sub-team have reviewed, and think are ready for nova-core to approve
  • list of patches the sub-team are focusing their reviews on
  • May link to a regular meeting, but that is strictly optional


Over time, it is hoped, some sub-teams may become trusted enough to count as a +2. Even without counting as a +2, the review focus and implied prioritisation is still very valuable.

Sub-team Meetings

Some subteams are more formal, with a regular meeting and a wiki page.

  • The linked wiki page should include:
    • The mission of the team
    • A regular meeting time
    • A coordinator / point of contact
    • Meeting Agenda
    • Links to logs from previous meetings
  • A sub-team representative should regularly attend the main Nova meeting to provide a sub-team status report.
  • A sub-team is *not* exclusively responsible for an area of code. Anyone is welcome to contribute anywhere. However, you are encouraged to communicate regularly with others working in the same area as you and sub-teams help encourage that.
  • A sub-team is about organizing development efforts, but not necessarily setting direction for the project in a given area. Approval of patches is still done by the nova-core team and it is beneficial to publish designs to the openstack-dev mailing list for vetting in advance.
Active Sub-teams

TODO - this list can get out-of-date, need a better approach.

History

  • Previous PTLs
    • Vish Ishaya (vishy), project beginning until Grizzly release
    • Russell Bryant (russellb), Havana and Icehouse releases
    • Michael Still (mikal), Juno and Kilo releases
    • John Garbutt (johnthetubaguy), Liberty and Mitaka releases
    • Matt Riedemann (mriedem), Newton, Ocata, Pike, and Queens releases
    • Melanie Witt (melwitt), Rocky and Stein releases
    • Eric Fried (efried), Train release
    • Balazs Gibizer (gibi), Ussuri, Wallaby and Xena releases
  • Previous or current core reviewers:
    • Alex Xu
    • Andrew Laski
    • Balazs Gibizer
    • Brian D. Elliott
    • Brian Lamar
    • Brian Waldon
    • Chris Behrens
    • Chris Yeoh
    • Dan Prince
    • Dan Smith
    • Daniel Berrange
    • Devananda van der Veen
    • Eric Fried
    • Jay Pipes
    • Joe Gordon
    • Johannes Erdfelt
    • John Garbutt
    • Ken'ichi Ohmichi
    • Kevin L. Mitchell
    • Lorin Hochstein
    • Mark McLoughlin
    • Matt Dietz
    • Matt Riedemann
    • Melanie Witt
    • Michael Still
    • Nikola Dipanov
    • Pádraig Brady
    • Paul Voccio
    • Rick Harris
    • Russell Bryant
    • Sandy Walsh
    • Sean Dague
    • Soren Hansen
    • Stephen Finucane
    • Sylvain Bauza
    • Trey Morris
    • Vishvananda Ishaya
    • Yun Mao

Developer Contacts

The following is a list of major subsystems within Nova and people that you can approach on IRC or email if you have questions about that particular subsystem. IRC nicks are in parentheses.

Nova Objects Framework

- Dan Smith (dansmith)
- Jay Pipes (jaypipes)

libvirt virt driver

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Hyper-V virt driver

- Claudiu Belu (claudiub)

VMWare/vCenter virt driver

- jhui@vmware.com
- Yingji Sun <yingjisun@vmware@com>

XenAPI virt driver

- Bob Ball (BobBall)
- John Garbutt (johnthetubaguy)

Ironic/bare metal

- Jim Rollenhagen (jroll) 

Scheduling and resource tracking

- Sylvain Bauza (bauzas) 
- Jay Pipes (jaypipes) 

Block device mapping and volume attachments

- Matthew Booth (mdbooth)
- Feodor Tersin (ftersin)
- Lee Yarwood (lyarwood)

REST API

- Alex Xu (alex_xu) 

Database

- Jay Pipes (jaypipes)

Cells (v1 and v2)

- Dan Smith (dansmith)
- Melanie Witt (melwitt)

nova-network

- Dan Smith (dansmith)

Neutron

- Matt Riedemann (mriedem)

RPC

- Dan Smith (dansmith)

Notification system

- Balázs Gibizer (gibi)

PCI Devices / SRIOV

- Moshe Levi (moshele)
- Stephen Finucane (sfinucan)

Placement / Resource Providers

- Jay Pipes (jaypipes)
- Chris Dent (cdent)
- Ed Leafe (edleafe)
- Eric Fried (efried)

So, you want to learn more about Nova?

To learn more about Nova, please read out about Nova Mentoring