[openfabrics-ewg] OpenFabrics Distribution/Release plans

[Bill Boas]

Shawn,

If you are going to send an "announcement" email, please only send it to the
Marketing Working Group and OpenFabrics promoters mail list to obtain
approval from the OpenFabrics Board of Directors before sending to any other
mail list or customer.

OpenFabrics "rules" are that communication on behalf of OpenFabrics with
customers and the market and only done with the members collective approval
and with the Marketing Working group preparation.

Bill.

-----Original Message-----
From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
[mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Hansen
(shahanse)
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:49 AM
To: Matt Leininger; Roland Dreier (rdreier)
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin; Openfabrics-ewg at openib.org; Sujal Das
Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] Re: How to generate IBEDreleasesusing
1.0branch

I will send out an announcement today.

I think we have consensus around the definition of how IBED and the
OpenFabrics release relate to each other.

My remaining confusion is also around the software release process.

--Shawn 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Leininger [mailto:mlleinin at hpcn.ca.sandia.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:41 AM
To: Roland Dreier (rdreier)
Cc: Shawn Hansen (shahanse); Michael S. Tsirkin;
Openfabrics-ewg at openib.org; Sujal Das
Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] Re: How to generate IBEDreleasesusing
1.0branch

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 17:53 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     > Differences between IBED and OpenFabrics Release 1.0:
> 
> To me the key difference is that OpenFabrics Release 1.0 is a release 
> of OpenFabrics software, and IBED is a distribution of IB software 
> that includes release, along with other components (kernel modules, 
> MPI, etc).

  I think this definition of OpenFabrics software release and IBED
distribution release makes technical sense right now. However, having
two release processes is going to make it confusing for customers.  This
is why the OpenFabrics BOD asked us to come up with one release process.


  Perhaps the software release process (what we are currently calling
OpenFabrics-1.0) could turn into a daily/weekly/monthly user-space
snapshot.  We wouldn't need to worry about MPI or other ULPs for these
snapshots.

The IBED distribution release would stay as the long-term plan for
getting a production quality kernel+user space (MPI, etc.) version of
OpenFabrics software for vendors and Linux distros to use.

  FWiW, I'm already getting emails/calls with folks confused about IBED
and OpenFabrics releases.  We need to get an announcement out ASAP.

  Thanks,

  - Matt
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