RELEASE_NOTES - vcl - Git at Google

 VCL 2.3

 I. Intro and Description

 VCL, Virtual Computing Lab. The VCL can be many things, first and foremost it is
 an open-source system used to dynamically provision and broker remote access to
 a dedicated compute environment for an end-user. The provisioned computers are
 typically housed in a data center and may be physical blade servers, traditional
 rack mounted servers, or virtual machines. VCL can also broker access to
 standalone machines such as a lab computers on a university campus.

 One of the primary goals of VCL is to deliver a dedicated compute environment to
 a user for a limited time through a web interface. This compute environment can
 range from something as simple as a virtual machine running productivity
 software to a machine room blade running high end software (i.e. a CAD, GIS,
 statistical package or an Enterprise level application) to a cluster of
 interconnected physical (bare metal) compute nodes.

 Also using the scheduling API it can be used to automate the provisioning of
 servers in a server farm or HPC cluster.

 II. VCL Roadmap

 VCL 2.3 (this release)
   * Service deployments
   * Allow for additional connect methods for environments (port, other
     protocols, etc)
   * Added framework support for libvirt
   * Added support for KVM
   * Added support for OS X under ESX
   * Added support for VMware VCenter
   * Added multilingualization to frontend

 VCL 2.4
   * Improve additional connect methods
   * NAT support
   * Remove requirement for 2 NICs
   * Support for Spice remote display protocol
   * Scripted installation
   * Support for ESX OS for end users
   * Initial support for EC2 API and OpenStack

 VCL 2.5
   * Power management
   * Improve cluster reservations
   * Service deployment configuration management
   * Initial support for Libcloud

 VCL 2.6
   * develop tools for managing both system and user storage

 With each release, we'll be working toward making VCL easier to install. As
 part of our move to development at the Apache Software Foundation, it is an
 obvious goal to create a community of users and more developers around VCL.
 Bringing in more developers should become easier as VCL becomes easier to
 install.

 III. Getting Involved in the ASF VCL Community

 There are five ways to become involved in the ASF VCL community.

 * Join the mailing lists and participate in discussion
   There are two mailing lists: user@vcl.apache.org and dev@vcl.apache.org.
   To join user, send an empty message to user-subscribe@vcl.apache.org.
   To join dev, send an empty message to dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org.

 * Submit bug reports and feature requests to our JIRA bug tracking system.
   See section IV below for more information on doing this.

 * Create documentation on our Confluence site. Create an account at
   http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Index and just start adding
   content. (Note to current community: We should create a page explaining
   the layout so new people will know where to add content better.)

 * Submit patches through the dev mailing list and via the JIRA bug
   tracking system. Once you have become familiar with VCL, you can begin
   assisting with the development of it by picking a JIRA issue to fix or by
   adding a feature needed at your site. Then, contribute a patch of your
   changes through the JIRA tracking system and send a message to the dev
   list explaining what you have done.

 * Become an official committer to the project. Once you have shown that you have
   a good grasp of the project by submitting patches, you can further join the
   development work by submitting a contributor license agreement (CLA) to ASF
   and having a committer account created to directly contribute code to the
   project.

 * If you are interested in contributing something to the project, please discuss
   it on the dev list BEFORE starting work on it. This allows the community
   to be involved in decisions and allows current developers to provide some
   guidance.

 IV. How to Submit Bugs and Feature Requests

 If you find a bug, please submit a bug report to our JIRA bug tracking system at
 http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL (you will need to set up an account
 there if you haven't already done so - it's free to anyone). Also, we would
 appreciate it if you mentioned that you filed a bug on the dev list to make
 sure we don't miss it.

 If you would like to requrest a new feature, you can also submit that in the
 same way through JIRA (just select "New Feature" or "Improvement" as the Issue
 Type). Again, it would be helpful if you mentioned that you filed a feature
 request on the dev list.

 After you have created a JIRA issue, you have the option to vote on it to help
 us know how to prioritize issues. You can also "watch" the issue to see when
 activity related to it is submitted.
	VCL 2.3

	I. Intro and Description

	VCL, Virtual Computing Lab. The VCL can be many things, first and foremost it is
	an open-source system used to dynamically provision and broker remote access to
	a dedicated compute environment for an end-user. The provisioned computers are
	typically housed in a data center and may be physical blade servers, traditional
	rack mounted servers, or virtual machines. VCL can also broker access to
	standalone machines such as a lab computers on a university campus.

	One of the primary goals of VCL is to deliver a dedicated compute environment to
	a user for a limited time through a web interface. This compute environment can
	range from something as simple as a virtual machine running productivity
	software to a machine room blade running high end software (i.e. a CAD, GIS,
	statistical package or an Enterprise level application) to a cluster of
	interconnected physical (bare metal) compute nodes.

	Also using the scheduling API it can be used to automate the provisioning of
	servers in a server farm or HPC cluster.

	II. VCL Roadmap

	VCL 2.3 (this release)
	* Service deployments
	* Allow for additional connect methods for environments (port, other
	protocols, etc)
	* Added framework support for libvirt
	* Added support for KVM
	* Added support for OS X under ESX
	* Added support for VMware VCenter
	* Added multilingualization to frontend

	VCL 2.4
	* Improve additional connect methods
	* NAT support
	* Remove requirement for 2 NICs
	* Support for Spice remote display protocol
	* Scripted installation
	* Support for ESX OS for end users
	* Initial support for EC2 API and OpenStack

	VCL 2.5
	* Power management
	* Improve cluster reservations
	* Service deployment configuration management
	* Initial support for Libcloud

	VCL 2.6
	* develop tools for managing both system and user storage

	With each release, we'll be working toward making VCL easier to install. As
	part of our move to development at the Apache Software Foundation, it is an
	obvious goal to create a community of users and more developers around VCL.
	Bringing in more developers should become easier as VCL becomes easier to
	install.

	III. Getting Involved in the ASF VCL Community

	There are five ways to become involved in the ASF VCL community.

	* Join the mailing lists and participate in discussion
	There are two mailing lists: user@vcl.apache.org and dev@vcl.apache.org.
	To join user, send an empty message to user-subscribe@vcl.apache.org.
	To join dev, send an empty message to dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org.

	* Submit bug reports and feature requests to our JIRA bug tracking system.
	See section IV below for more information on doing this.

	* Create documentation on our Confluence site. Create an account at
	http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Index and just start adding
	content. (Note to current community: We should create a page explaining
	the layout so new people will know where to add content better.)

	* Submit patches through the dev mailing list and via the JIRA bug
	tracking system. Once you have become familiar with VCL, you can begin
	assisting with the development of it by picking a JIRA issue to fix or by
	adding a feature needed at your site. Then, contribute a patch of your
	changes through the JIRA tracking system and send a message to the dev
	list explaining what you have done.

	* Become an official committer to the project. Once you have shown that you have
	a good grasp of the project by submitting patches, you can further join the
	development work by submitting a contributor license agreement (CLA) to ASF
	and having a committer account created to directly contribute code to the
	project.

	* If you are interested in contributing something to the project, please discuss
	it on the dev list BEFORE starting work on it. This allows the community
	to be involved in decisions and allows current developers to provide some
	guidance.

	IV. How to Submit Bugs and Feature Requests

	If you find a bug, please submit a bug report to our JIRA bug tracking system at
	http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL (you will need to set up an account
	there if you haven't already done so - it's free to anyone). Also, we would
	appreciate it if you mentioned that you filed a bug on the dev list to make
	sure we don't miss it.

	If you would like to requrest a new feature, you can also submit that in the
	same way through JIRA (just select "New Feature" or "Improvement" as the Issue
	Type). Again, it would be helpful if you mentioned that you filed a feature
	request on the dev list.

	After you have created a JIRA issue, you have the option to vote on it to help
	us know how to prioritize issues. You can also "watch" the issue to see when
	activity related to it is submitted.