Getting your idea into Upstream OpenStack - FOSDEM 2016

Getting your ideas intoUpstream OpenStackJohn Garbu t t , Pr inc ipa l Eng ineer, Nova PTL

@johnthe tubaguy

FOSDEM 2016

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Why is johnthetubaguy talking?2

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Do you real ly play the Tuba?3

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How can I get my idea upstream?4

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Different Views of Project

Upstream Mission Upstream RealityPersonal view of Upstream

My Solution

My Solution

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Vision

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The OpenStack Way

OpenSource

OpenDesign

OpenDevelopment

OpenCommunity

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Solutions

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What can we al l learn from

To Ki l l a Mockingbird?10

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Yo u n e v e r r e a l l y u n d e r s t a n d a p e r s o n

u n t i l y o u c o n s i d e r t h i n g s f r o m h i s

p o i n t o f v i e w … u n t i l y o u c l i m b i n t o

h i s s k i n a n d w a l k a r o u n d i n i t .

To Kill a Mocking Bird

By Harper Lee

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Contr ibutors

One-off Infrequent Regular

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Everyone Involved

Contributed Code

Regularly Reviews Code

<project>-core & CPL & Czar

<project>-driver & PTL

Groups wi th Shared Context

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Deciding How to Act

Act

Beliefs

Conclusions

Assumptions

Select Data

Lots of Available Data

Ladder of Inference

By Chris Argyris

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How can I get my idea upstream?15

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Problem First , Solut ion Second16

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When talk ing about your Problem…

• Your Problem has already been solved

• Someone is already working on what I want

• Use something that’s not ready

• Use something that is missing

• Your idea is only just out of scope

• Build on something upstream wants to remove

Fix

it

Add

it?

Tricky!

Review it

Doc

s

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What i f i t is “Out of Scope”?

• Discuss problem and find friends

• Add APIs to an existing project?

• Find (or Create) a Project where it is in Scope

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How do star t solv ing my problem?19

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Fol low Process

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OpenStack Process

Idea Feedback Code Review

Idea

Summit

Spec, Blueprint,

Bug

ML, IRC

Code

Tempest Gerrit

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Next Steps

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What can we al l learn from

To Ki l l a Mockingbird?24

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Problem First , Solut ion Second25

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