Matt Riedemann
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The conductor doc is not really end user material, so this moves it under reference/, removes it from the user page and adds it to the reference index for internals. Also makes the contributor page link to the reference internals since it's kind of weird to have one contributor section that only mentions one thing but the internals under reference have a lot more of that kind of detail. Finally, a todo is added so we don't forget to update the reference internals about versioned objects at some point since that's always a point of confusion for people. Change-Id: I8d3dbce5334afaa3e1ca309b2669eff9933a0104
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===========================
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Contributor Documentation
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===========================
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Contributing to nova gives you the power to help add features, fix bugs,
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enhance documentation, and increase testing. Contributions of any type are
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valuable, and part of what keeps the project going. Here are a list of
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resources to get your started.
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Getting Started
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===============
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* :doc:`/contributor/how-to-get-involved`: Overview of engaging in the project
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* :doc:`/contributor/development-environment`: Get your computer setup to
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contribute
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Nova Process
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============
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The nova community is a large community. We have lots of users, and they all
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have a lot of expectations around upgrade and backwards compatibility. For
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example, having a good stable API, with discoverable versions and capabilities
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is important for maintaining the strong ecosystem around nova.
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Our process is always evolving, just as nova and the community around nova
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evolves over time. If there are things that seem strange, or you have ideas on
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how to improve things, please bring them forward on IRC or the openstack-discuss
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mailing list, so we continue to improve how the nova community operates.
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This section looks at the processes and why. The main aim behind all the
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process is to aid communication between all members of the nova community,
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while keeping users happy and keeping developers productive.
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* :doc:`/contributor/project-scope`: The focus is on features and bug fixes
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that make nova work better within this scope
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* :doc:`/contributor/policies`: General guidelines about what's supported
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* :doc:`/contributor/process`: The processes we follow around feature and bug
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submission, including how the release calendar works, and the freezes we go
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under
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* :doc:`/contributor/blueprints`: An overview of our tracking artifacts.
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* :doc:`/contributor/ptl-guide`: A chronological PTL reference guide
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Reviewing
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=========
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* :doc:`/contributor/releasenotes`: When we need a release note for a
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contribution.
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* :doc:`/contributor/code-review`: Important cheat sheet for what's important
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when doing code review in Nova, especially some things that are hard to test
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for, but need human eyes.
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* :doc:`/reference/i18n`: What we require for i18n in patches
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* :doc:`/contributor/documentation`: Guidelines for handling documentation
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contributions
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Testing
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=======
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Because Python is a dynamic language, code that is not tested might not even
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be Python code. All new code needs to be validated somehow.
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* :doc:`/contributor/testing`: An overview of our test taxonomy and the kinds
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of testing we do and expect.
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* **Testing Guides**: There are also specific testing guides for features that
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are hard to test in our gate.
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* :doc:`/contributor/testing/libvirt-numa`
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* :doc:`/contributor/testing/serial-console`
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* :doc:`/contributor/testing/zero-downtime-upgrade`
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* :doc:`/contributor/testing/down-cell`
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* **Profiling Guides**: These are guides to profiling nova.
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* :doc:`/contributor/testing/eventlet-profiling`
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The Nova API
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============
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Because we have many consumers of our API, we're extremely careful about
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changes done to the API, as the impact can be very wide.
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* :doc:`/contributor/api`: How the code is structured inside the API layer
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* :doc:`/contributor/api-2`: (needs update)
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* :doc:`/contributor/microversions`: How the API is (micro)versioned and what
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you need to do when adding an API exposed feature that needs a new
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microversion.
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* :doc:`/contributor/api-ref-guideline`: The guideline to write the API
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reference.
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Nova Major Subsystems
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=====================
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Major subsystems in nova have different needs. If you are contributing to one
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of these please read the :ref:`reference guide <reference-internals>` before
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diving in.
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