The last two years have seen an extraordinary level of change within the Xen Project developer and user communities. The project introduced Document Days, Test Days, Release Managers and has become much more vocal in telling its story. The most significant was the move of the Xen Project to become a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project last year and the creation of the Xen Project Advisory Board. This talk we will highlight the key changes that have affected our User Community and outline what comes next. We will also make a short detour explaining the role and impact of the Xen Project Advisory Board.
- 1. Lars KurthCommunity Manager, Xen ProjectChairman, Xen
Project Advisory BoardDirector, Open Source Business Office, Citrix
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2. A Brief Overview of the Xen ProjectGovernance : how the Xen
Project worksThe last 12 months in numbersPractical tips: How you
can benefit? 3. Vinovyn @ Flickr 4. Many moreEmbedded &
AutoWindows PVLibvirt, CentOS, Mirage OSXCP XenServer.orgXen on ARM
PV Xen on ARM non-PVHypervisor team / subproject : hypervisor and
toolsHypervisor Developer list traffic : Q3 2003 - nowXAPI
toolstack (used in XenServer)PVOPS (Xen enabled Linux) Linux Kernel
DevelopmentBSDs, Grub, QEMU, FreeRTOS, QNX, Android, 5. Cloud and
Server Virtualization Security:QubesOS,OpenXT,Library Operating
Systems, e.g. OSv, Mirage OS, ErlangOnXen, ClickOS, Hypervisor on
x86, ARM (and maybe other architectures in future)Foundation
Technologies (Linux, BSD, QEMU, .)Embedded:Automotive,Internet
TV,Drones, Mobile, Embedded Foundation Tech: QNX, Android, Network
FunctionVirtualization 6. TV and Gaming use-cases in the cloud
(guarantee 30-50 frames per second)Service SLAs (aka Verizon Cloud
implemented in Software)Cloud and Server Virtualization
Security:QubesOS,OpenXT,Hypervisor on x86, ARM (and maybe other
architectures in future)Rich PV PeripheralsReal-time
schedulingCertificationEmbedded:Automotive,Internet TV,Drones,
Mobile, Improved Robustness, Quality & Security across the
board 7. Vinovyn @ Flickr 8. PPrroojjeecctt GGoovveerrnnaannccee
Principles (aka Values) Roles Decision Making Project Lifecycle
Community Initiatives, BestPractices, Openness,
Transparency,Meritocracy Project Leads, ReleaseManagers,
Committers,Maintainers, Spokes People Lazy Consensus Subprojects
Docs Days, Test Days,Publicity List, Security Team,Code Reviews, 9.
Companies with a stake in the communityfunding community activities
through amembership feeAAddvviissoorryy BBooaarrdd Users: Amazon
Web Services, Google, Rackspace Hosting, Verizon Hardware Vendors:
AMD, ARM, Cavium, Intel Software and Solution Vendors: Bromium, CA
Technologies, Citrix, Cisco,NetApp, Oracle 10. AAddvviissoorryy
BBooaarrdd PR / AR / Marketing /Messaging Membership Rules
/Trademarks / Legal Provide funds to solveCommon Good problems
Referee of last resort Media Coverage and How theProject is Seen
Testing, Quality, Security, Build new developers, In case there is
stalemate inthe community 11. Companies CCoommmmuunniittyy PR / AR
/ Marketing /Messaging Membership Rules /Trademarks / Legal Provide
funds to solveCommon Good problems Referee of last resort
Principles (aka Values) Roles Decision Making Project Lifecycle
Community Initiatives, BestPractices, AAddvviissoorryy BBooaarrdd
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12. Developer Community largely unaffectedExcept for growth and
implicationsAn extra layer of GovernanceHugely increased visibility
through MarketingFunding for Common Goods problemsDeveloping
Messaging/Positioning for the projectImproved Relationships, More
CollaborationMore participation from different vendors at
EventsMarketing is becoming a shared activityUser community
engaging moreBlog posts, Q&A system, - many green shoots 13.
Impact of AB fundingDrives Interest & UserAdoption &
Contributions 14. Average monthly web visitsgrew by 30%Social Media
followinggrew by 47% 15. Commits &unique Authorsper month
acrossPVOPS(Xen Project files only)HypervisorXAPIMirage OSSkewed
because different sub-projectsuse different average
sizecommitshttp://bitergia.com/projects/xen-project-dashboard/browser/
use with care still some issues 16. Authors and trafficlist are
increasingOn commits:feedback frommaintainerssuggests a
reviewbottleneckOhloh.net and xen.markmail.orgHighest ever 17.
Linux: 0.73 0.61KVM1: 1.54 ???1)
http://wpcme.coverity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012-Coverity-Scan-Report.pdf
- no newer data 18. Vinovyn @ Flickr 19. WWhhaatt Document
Daysbit.do/xendocs Test Days(part of major release
cycle)bit.do/xentest Linux and Distro Testing
Vendor/Project/ServiceDirectorybit.do/xendirWWhhaattss iinn iitt
ffoorr YYoouu??Let us know of gaps or issuesBetter
documentationTest what you use in RCsA release that works for
youTest kernel and distro RCsA release that works for youAdvertise
what you doSite traffic 20. Good bug reports containHardware
usedSoftware usedConfig filesSteps on how to reproduceError
codesSerial
Outputhttp://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Reporting_Bugs_against_Xen_ProjectKayla
Frost @ Flickr 21. Idea/Planned work: OOuuttccoommeeXO and Docker
integrationPositive PR for Xen Project But even more
positivecoverage for XO Helps XO build its user baseHelped write
article(suggestions, channels)XO blogXen Project
BlogLinux.comArticle in The RegisterPPrroocceessssAsk/send an idea
[email protected] 22.
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