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Also discussion on the next CloudStack Collaboration Conference, and more. Work on 4.1.0 continues, and there's much to be done before it's ready to ship.",date:"2013-02-26T00:00:00.000Z",formattedDate:"February 26, 2013",tags:[],hasTruncateMarker:!1,authors:[],frontMatter:{layout:"post",title:"Apache CloudStack Weekly News - 25 February 2013",slug:"apache_cloudstack_weekly_news_25"},prevItem:{title:"Apache CloudStack Weekly News - 4 March 2013",permalink:"/blog/apache_cloudstack_weekly_news_41"},nextItem:{title:"Apache CloudStack Weekly News - 18 February 2013",permalink:"/blog/apache_cloudstack_weekly_news_18"}},i={authorsImageUrls:[]},u=[],c={toc:u},h="wrapper";function k(e){let{components:t,...a}=e;return(0,n.kt)(h,(0,l.Z)({},c,a,{components:t,mdxType:"MDXLayout"}),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"This week, interesting discussions on the Java version(s) to be supported by CloudStack, updates on translation, and database changes. Also discussion on the next CloudStack Collaboration Conference, and more. Work on 4.1.0 continues, and there's much to be done before it's ready to ship."),(0,n.kt)("h3",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-MajorDiscussionsandIssues"}),"Major Discussions and Issues"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Some of the major discussions and issues that have taken place on cloudstack-dev and cloudstack-users in the past week. This is by no means exhaustive, if you need to be up-to-date on all development issues in the project, you'll definitely want to be subscribed to the mailing lists!"),(0,n.kt)("h5",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-ScheduleReminder"}),"Schedule Reminder"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Chip Childers has sent out a ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://markmail.org/message/z37xsunbtikzukzl",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"friendly reminder")," about the schedule: "),(0,n.kt)("blockquote",null,(0,n.kt)("p",null," Thursday is the last day of this",(0,n.kt)("br",null),"phase of QA / bug-fix work. 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Given that, now's the time to knock down",(0,n.kt)("br",null),"the blockers... but also as many of the other priority bugs as",(0,n.kt)("br",null),"possible.")),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"If you have 4.1 bugs on your plate, please be sure to try to either resolve them or at least triage/report status. "),(0,n.kt)("h5",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-CloudStackCollaborationSummit"}),"CloudStack Collaboration Summit"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Mark Hinkle ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://markmail.org/message/flbkomj6mvgvfsdx",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"started a discussion about the next CloudStack Collaboration Conference"),", offering to work on a proposal for an event in the spring and fall. Lots of folks have expressed interest, and suggested holding the spring event in Europe rather than North America. The discussion hasn't been resolved yet, so no dates or location have been announced as of yet. 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Note that the community has a weekly meeting every Wednesday at 17:00 UTC in #cloudstack-meeting on Freenode."),(0,n.kt)("h5",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-SupportedJavaVersion%3F"}),"Supported Java Version?"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Wido den Hollander noted that ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://markmail.org/message/sryxuq6ks7ukpkp6",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"the master branch wouldn't build on his systems")," over the last few days. The culprit? 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The default template is based on Debian Wheezy but anyone can change the definition.rb, preseed.cfg and postinstall.sh script to fork their own systemvm templates based on Ubuntu, Fedora etc."),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Rohit shared a ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://rohityadav.in/logs/building-systemvms/",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"post")," with the issues and challenges of setting an ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://jenkins.cloudstack.org/view/master/job/build-systemvm-master/",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"automated jenkins build job")," that would create systemvm appliances and export them to various virtual disk image formats. Using his approach anyone should be able to replicate an automated appliance build job."),(0,n.kt)("h3",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-UpcomingEvents"}),"Upcoming Events"),(0,n.kt)("ul",null,(0,n.kt)("li",null,(0,n.kt)("b",null,"ApacheCon North America"),": ApacheCon NA is in Portland, Oregon from 26 February to 28 February. 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RSVPs open on February 28th at 6:15 p.m. Eastern.")),(0,n.kt)("h3",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-Jira"}),"Jira"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"The count of bugs for 4.1.0 has actually increased since last week. The overall tally of blocker and critical bugs has increased, with two additional blocker bugs and four more critical bugs (though perhaps not the ",(0,n.kt)("b",null,"same")," bugs as last week). A lot of work is needed to get 4.1.0 into shape before we will be able to release."),(0,n.kt)("ul",null,(0,n.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 7 blocker bugs. This week: 9 ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/blockers41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"blocker bugs")),(0,n.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 17 critical bugs. This week: 21 ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/critical41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"critical bugs")),(0,n.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 202 major bugs. 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This week: 33 ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/minor41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"minor bugs"))),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"Of the remaining bugs for 4.1.0, 99 are ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/unassigned41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"currently unassigned"),"."),(0,n.kt)("h3",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-NewCommittersandPPMCMembers"}),"New Committers and PPMC Members"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"No new committers or PPMC members announced this week."),(0,n.kt)("h3",null,(0,n.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudstackWeeklyNews-25February2013-ContributingtotheApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews"}),"Contributing to the Apache CloudStack Weekly News"),(0,n.kt)("p",null,"If you have an event, discussion, or other item to contribute to the ",(0,n.kt)("em",null,"Weekly News"),", you can add it directly to the ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+Weekly+News",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"wiki")," by editing the issue you want your item to appear in. (The next week's issue is created before the current issue is published - so at any time there should be at least one issue ready to edit.) Alternatively, you can send to the cloudstack-dev mailing list with a subject including ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"",title:"News"},"News"),": ",(0,n.kt)("em",null,"description of topic")," or email the newsletter editor directly (jzb at apache.org), again with the subject ",(0,n.kt)("a",{href:"",title:"News"},"News"),": ",(0,n.kt)("em",null,"description of topic"),". ",(0,n.kt)("b",null,"Please include a link to the discussion in the mailing list archive or Web page with details of the event, etc.")," "))}k.isMDXComponent=!0}}]); |