17:00:38 #startmeeting training-guides 17:00:39 Meeting started Mon Sep 5 17:00:38 2016 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes. The chair is matjazp. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 17:00:41 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote. 17:00:43 The meeting name has been set to 'training_guides' 17:00:44 hey all 17:00:51 roll call 17:00:52 o/ 17:01:10 Agenda at https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/training-guides-meeting-agenda 17:01:25 Hello 17:01:33 hey ildikov diablo_rojo 17:02:14 First, lets agree on IRC meeting frequency 17:02:21 #info we'll switch back to the weekly meeting format, at least until Summit (agreed on Docs ML) 17:02:30 there were no objections, so I guess I'll see you all next week, right? :) 17:02:42 Hello yes +1 17:02:53 hey ianychoi 17:03:09 Hi matjazp! :) 17:03:13 matjazp: I have a collision for next week 17:03:31 but that should not hold the whole team back from having the meeting :) 17:03:47 ildikov: np. I just hope the attendance will be >1 ;) 17:03:54 so my vote is weekly until the Summit still 17:04:12 matjazp: that I hope so too! 17:04:18 :) 17:04:32 we have lots of work to do 17:04:41 Actually, we might change the wat of our current 1st and 3rd week in every month 17:04:42 ildikov: +1... since there were no objections on ML, I guess we can safely switch and that the attendance will be better 17:04:50 #topic Review of action items from the previous meeting 17:04:55 http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/training_guides/2016/training_guides.2016-08-15-17.00.html 17:05:28 ildikov: just for backup.. did you check with dreamhost? 17:05:39 the last time I talked to Stefano at Dreamhost he was supportive 17:05:59 cool 17:06:11 I saw some feedback for openstack-training-virtual-environment 17:06:13 I haven't talked to him since and in the meantime we also decided to go with local VMs 17:06:29 so i guess that action item is developing 17:06:56 I will ping him and double check to be sure we have backup 17:07:05 ildikov: yes, local as primary platform, but VMs in the cloud as a backup for a few 17:07:11 I think so, I think Mark will be available tomorrow 17:07:16 Cool... okay 17:07:31 or at least according to Doodle 17:07:34 we don't need much.. just a plan b if someone's laptop "dies" 17:08:10 ok moving on 17:08:13 #topic Upstream training 17:08:26 #link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-university-improvements 17:08:42 #info Upstream training virtual sprint September 6, 12-13 and 16: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/VirtualSprints#Upstream_training_Sprint 17:08:50 matjazp: well, if the laptop itself dies, that's a bigger issue than public cloud, but I got the point :) 17:09:01 matjazp: thanks 17:09:15 I think I set up everything for the sprint days 17:09:30 ok, just to fine tune the topic 17:09:31 I mean we have an IRC channel that can be used, I added a Google Hangouts link 17:09:34 #topic Upstream training virtual sprint: topics and goals 17:09:43 Cool :) 17:09:46 ildikov: stage is yours :) 17:09:47 haha, tnx :) 17:10:02 my bad, I should've changed the order 17:10:16 so we have four days when most of us is available 17:10:58 I added the details to the wiki, I can send out one more reminder mail, maybe I can even add the dev list this time, I don't know whether we would have anyone from there showing up to help 17:11:26 with diablo_rojo we also started to add a few new etherpads to the topics to have better readability on the material 17:11:30 and plan 17:11:31 s 17:11:39 excelent 17:11:53 I think as primary focus we would need to work on the common items and code contribution 17:12:01 I mean these two bigger parts 17:12:02 Hope that many more people will participate on. 17:12:08 I got code contribution :) 17:12:08 How do think about sandbox launchpad? 17:12:20 also if anyone has the capacity and haven't tried yet we also need to finalise the VM setup 17:12:58 ildikov, you can try the VM setup during the sprint :) 17:13:07 ianychoi: I think that would be good to play with bug reports 17:13:29 Once I get done with the code contribution section I can work on it if someone else hasn't picked it up by then. 17:13:35 ianychoi: right, when I'm sick of the content I'll go and play with the VMs :) 17:13:47 ildikov: true,.. in my experience, ppl always try to spin up the VM in the Devstack and expect to be available on the "internet".. so I usually modified similar setup as is this with a "proper" net config 17:14:09 diablo_rojo: kmARC is working on the VM setup, he needs feedback and maybe some finalisation with the network setup 17:14:39 ildikov, I can definitely give feedback, not sure how much I can help with networking, but I will try : ) 17:15:06 diablo_rojo: if you can provide feedback, that's already very helpful :) 17:15:36 Can do :) 17:15:39 I used vagrant for my class, and added a config for KVM provider, its much more performant that virtualbox 17:15:42 diablo_rojo: if you cannot reach kmARC on IRC, then just drop a mail if there's anything 17:16:21 Sounds good. 17:16:35 not tommorow, but I can look at the networking part and help there 17:16:40 matjazp: if that works for all operating systems more backup options is always better 17:17:09 ildikov: sure, but with vbox, not with KVM provider 17:17:11 matjazp: cool, we have multiple days for virtual sprint and also the weekly meetings to discuss 17:17:26 matjazp: ah, ok 17:17:44 so back to the sprints a bit 17:17:46 kvm provider needs Linux host 17:17:50 ok 17:18:12 what is the focus for tomorrow? 17:18:18 sorry, I would like to be sure the sprints goals are set before we run out of time :) 17:18:55 so as I said I think we have two main modules that would be great to finish asap 17:19:09 the common parts and code contribution 17:19:50 diablo_rojo volunteered to drive the code contrib part, we have an etherpad for it: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-code-contribution 17:20:27 i also started to draft my ideas for the common items: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-common-items 17:20:34 I should have a patch up in the next day or so for the initial changes. The next step after that is to get the exercises in. 17:20:50 #info Upstream sprint 6 Sep https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-code-contribution and https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-common-items 17:21:29 I don't think we should work on only one or the other tomorrow 17:21:43 I agree. 17:22:05 #link http://docs.openstack.org/upstream-training/#outline-and-online-slide-index 17:22:10 if we have more people online at the same time we can brainstorm and finalise ideas and content any blocks in these two modules 17:22:37 ildikov, so we may need to change the table of contents? like 'Common' section, 'Code contribution', ..? 17:22:56 ianychoi: we will need to, yes 17:23:36 #undo 17:23:36 ianychoi: is that generated from the trainig-guides repo also? 17:23:36 Removing item from minutes: 17:23:56 ildikov: thats the landing page 17:24:05 in the same repo 17:24:12 ok, cool 17:24:31 we generate slides and a landing page that connects everything together 17:24:45 so it's easy to change/restructure anything 17:25:02 that sounds great 17:25:05 we can easily move content form slide format to the text and vice versa 17:25:16 I think we might change the overall ToC only at the end 17:25:17 Yep actually I have not deeply seen two additional etherpads, but some table of content "organization" stuff is needed 17:25:18 everything in in RST 17:25:47 ianychoi: I will add a main block to the top of the main etherpad 17:26:03 and we can work on the details of each block in the separate etherpads 17:26:39 and the high level agenda can be the skeleton for the whole class and then we can agree on one level lower details in the separate etherpads 17:26:44 if this makes sense 17:27:02 ildikov, okay, and I heard that Lego will not be used in Barcelona upstream training. However, I would like to keep Lego section as '(Optional)' section. 17:27:38 ianychoi: we will not have Lego at all and also we only have 1,5 days this time 17:28:29 ianychoi: I thought to focus a bit on the message of the Lego block at the beginning, talk a little bit about Agile terms and discuss why OpenStack has the way of working what it has today 17:29:17 ildikov, okay I see. 17:29:40 And it would be much better if we set our desired timeline during 1.5 days 17:29:48 ianychoi: also Lana cannot come to the training this time unfortunately and she really is the queen of facilitating that game :( 17:30:14 ianychoi: I agree 17:30:36 I had ideas to have the common items during Sunday afternoon and maybe Monday morning as well 17:30:42 ildikov, Yep Lana updated a lot of Lego content last time. 17:31:17 she saved us in Austin, if she wasn't there the Lego game would've been a disaster! 17:31:53 after the common parts we have options in my mind 17:32:54 we either try to run parallel sessions or do things still in order, focus much on the code contribution, hands on parts and also talk about other ways of contributing, like working groups or docs as a main focus, etc. 17:33:26 That sounds like a good plan to me 17:33:32 you mean parallel sessions with different topics? 17:33:51 I have just found that the 1st day (Sunday) is for 4 hours and the 2nd day (Monday) is for 6 hours 17:34:04 the training registration form has a question about people's primary interest, if everyone says code it will be easy to design the training :) 17:34:23 matjazp: at a certain point maybe, I'm less and less sure we can make that happen in Barcelona 17:34:44 It is relatively short.. but fine 17:34:56 matjazp: the idea is not about distract the developers, but give a chance to architects, manager or operators to attend the training and participate in OpenStack 17:35:14 Parallel sessions may depend on the number of participants 17:35:31 ianychoi: I will double check, I remembered Sunday is relatively short, I thought Monday is longer 17:36:09 ianychoi: also much on the participants, so what I shared above is more long term ideas rather than strict plan for Barcelona 17:37:02 this is why I think we should focus on the common parts and code contrib during the virtual sprints with a 'hands-on and interactive' mind set 17:37:40 if we can get that two right and maybe some small blocks of info about other areas, then I think people will be satisfied when they leave 17:38:39 I tried to get people involved to have content for other blocks, but that goes slow too 17:39:00 ianychoi: does it make sense? ^^ 17:39:27 for the sprint: we could also increase the pool of possible contributors with a list of predefined smaller tasks they can pick up... for devs that just want to help a bit and don't have time to engage "full" time 17:39:55 matjazp: that's a good idea 17:40:04 I have some ideas on parallel sessions if we would like to run. 1) defining what type of parallel sessions: a) bug report and fix b) code contribution c) user group (community) participation d) blueprint 2) how the number of each group will make sense? three? four? 3) For each group, there should be at least one mentor. 17:40:32 I had thought about that too, it will depend on what tasks exist in the community that are easy enough to pick up. 17:40:36 ildikov, yep make sense :) I was writing my ideas above 17:41:07 I think we could do that tomorrow in order to have more people next week to get stuff done 17:41:19 ildikov: we usually just enter this small tasks as bugs, but we can also leave them in the etherpad, but we need to see that there is no duplication of effort. 17:42:01 ianychoi: hmm, I think bug and blueprint are under code contrib, but we can chat about it tomorrow or next week on one of the sprint days :) 17:42:28 Before upstream training, some mentors selected 'low-hanging-fruit' bugs which were relevant during upstream training 17:42:41 matjazp: sure, I thought to add items to the etherpad and then let people sign up 17:43:00 diablo_rojo: I'm talking about tasks to contribute to the Training guides/Upstream training (as in: rewrite the topic about IRC, include this and that on the page, etc.) 17:43:19 diablo_rojo: you're talking about tasks that they can do AT the training, right? 17:43:22 ianychoi: ah ok, I misunderstood what you wrote 17:44:01 ianychoi: if you check the common parts etherpad I added a question about creating groups already at the beginning, so I think we kind of think about a similar setup :) 17:44:23 matjazp, Ah I missed the contributing to the training guides part, I thought you meant the big tent projects. 17:44:24 ildikov, fine :) And I most liked IRC participation during upstream training. How was it during last Austin upstream training? 17:44:46 ianychoi: it wasn't that active 17:44:49 diablo_rojo: we need both types of tasks 17:44:58 I know that the focus is things they can do at the training though :) 17:45:01 one for the training, and other for the sprint 17:45:32 ianychoi: unfortunately the presenters including myself we weren't prepared for the training well enough :( 17:46:14 ildikov, We will be ready this time 17:46:16 matjazp: it could be one small task to people to identify items that people can work on 17:46:48 ildikov, that's quite okay. For me I was so satisfied with upstream training because I learned how OpenStack people make decisions and how they contribute. 17:46:51 diablo_rojo: nah, we will never be ready, I'm sure, but we will be way more prepared :) 17:47:15 ianychoi: that's what I would like to bring back 17:47:37 ianychoi: much more discussions within the groups of students and with the trainers 17:47:45 For common section, I am not sure, but usually famous guys emphasize '4 opens' for OpenStack and illustrate how '4 opens' reflect in OpenStack 17:48:04 and also more things that teach people how to find information and how to solve problems, etc. 17:48:11 ildikov, touche :) 17:48:18 And then trainers illustrated how IRC is important to discuss and make decision. 17:48:39 ianychoi: good point, I'll add it there 17:49:22 I will read ildikov 's common section items on Etherpad thanks, ildikov ! 17:49:45 ianychoi: :) 17:50:13 ok, do we have any action items for next week? 17:50:43 Aa, and project code contribution and document code contribution may be different, so both will be treated differently I think. How do you think, diablo_rojo ? 17:50:51 I think to revisit what we've done this week mostly 17:51:07 next Monday is also a sprint day, so the meeting can be used as a checkpoint 17:51:31 ianychoi: contributing to the docs is very similar to contributing code 17:51:42 ianychoi: diablo_rojo: I had a short mail chat with Lana and she is against differentiating 17:51:51 ianychoi: same process 17:51:56 ianychoi, I think they are slightly, different, but I'm not sure they are different enough that they need to be different sections. 17:52:08 diablo_rojo: agree 17:52:19 my thinking is that we should have that as part of the code contribution part on the level of 'write docs to you feature' 17:52:22 matjazp, doing launchpad and gerrit is the same and they have same process, but the perspective can be different. 17:52:29 diablo_rojo: they are similar enough that we don't need to distinguish them 17:52:42 Moreover, student's expectation might be different. 17:52:44 I think if it comes to OpenStack Manuals, that's different 17:52:54 ildikov, +1 17:53:03 +1 for ildikov :) 17:53:30 if we have tech writers among the students, I would like to have a docs section to them while others are playing with the unit tests and hacking the Python code 17:53:54 That could work 17:54:08 Six min left as a heads up 17:54:34 And one more.... matjazp, I am not sure where upunbot on #upstream-university.. For this bot, maybe Tim Freund or Loic operated.. 17:54:52 I think that makes more sense, we might think about how to help those who're interested in OpenStack Manuals to work together with the community, understand projects and code on the level they need and most importantly really how to get along with people here 17:54:55 ianychoi: don't think so... we should just ask infra team 17:54:59 In this case, incorporating "openstack" bot into the channel will be the right choice? 17:55:08 but that's not for Barcelona, that's too close to have this covered 17:55:32 I think upunbot is not openstack-infra's result.. 17:56:00 I remember that the eavesdrop HTML results from upunbot was not eavesdrop.openstack.org 17:56:20 hmm.. anyone wants to investigate this? 17:56:27 * ildikov is not a bot specialist 17:56:30 Hmm.... Me will investigate this :) 17:56:52 #action ianychoi looks into bot for #upstream-university channel 17:57:05 move to aob? 17:57:08 thanks ianychoi! :) 17:57:17 ildikov, it's my pleasure :) 17:57:18 Okay 17:57:30 #topic any other business 17:57:32 if everyone has an idea on what to work on tomorrow, then AOB is fine with me :) 17:57:35 anything else? 17:57:54 ildikov: etherpad is the source of the truth ;) 17:58:05 By the way, matjazp , will you attend all of four days on Summit? 17:58:06 matjazp: +1 :) 17:58:31 ianychoi: I'll try to, but don't know yet.. it's in the middle of the semester 17:58:54 I definitely wanted to go to Barcelona, but unfortunately my two presentation submissions were not selected. 17:59:34 ok, I guess that's it for tonight 17:59:44 thanks for your time 17:59:51 see you around 17:59:54 thanks guys 17:59:55 bye! 17:59:56 So I am not still sure whether I can go to Barcelona, but I would like to help upstream training as much as possible 18:00:00 Thank you all! 18:00:08 #endmeeting