#opnfv-netready: NetReady weekly meeting

Meeting summary

1. roll call (georgk, 16:01:27)
   1. Georg Kunz (georgk, 16:01:31)
   2. Csatari Gergely (csatari, 16:04:14)
   3. The current integration point of Gluon to Nova is deprecated. (csatari, 16:05:36)
   4. Not in Nova, but in Neutron. (csatari, 16:06:29)
   5. One option to have a specific Gluon specific port type. (csatari, 16:07:10)
   6. Other option is to keep using the current method and try to keep the method alive. (csatari, 16:07:35)
   7. Bin Hu (bin_, 16:11:53)
   8. bin points out that Neutron devs understand our requirements (georgk, 16:14:06)
   9. we need an extension mechanism for the northbound API (georgk, 16:14:55)
   10. it is important to realize that new use cases and serivces might come up next year (georgk, 16:16:00)
   11. how can we create a framework that allows us to quickly create and deploy new services (georgk, 16:16:36)
   12. use cases in NetReady are very specific right now (georgk, 16:21:27)
   13. bin stresses that we need to show the generic need for a new framework (georgk, 16:21:50)
   14. we need to address both levels of abstraction: current challenges based on today's use cases and a framerwork for addressing future use cases (georgk, 16:29:43)
   15. ACTION: bin_ will add a high level argumentation for a generic framework (e.g., generic ports) to the document (georgk, 16:31:21)
   16. reviews for the pending patchsets are needed (georgk, 16:32:55)
   17. we need to make the distinction between the L3VPN functionality and the support for multiple backends clearer in the doc (georgk, 16:37:17)
   18. ACTION: bin_ will contribute some text on the nbeed for multi-backend support (georgk, 16:37:46)
   19. georgk asked tomhamb to review the port abstraction use case (georgk, 16:42:20)
   
   
2. prepartion of the Gluon meeting (georgk, 16:43:42)
   1. PTL election should be done via the OpenStack mailing list as we might not have access to the official voting system (georgk, 16:47:46)
   2. Larry Lamers (ljlamers_, 16:48:56)
   3. the Gluon meeting will be IRC only (georgk, 16:51:08)
   4. everybody should make up their mind if we can release something in Newton (georgk, 16:55:40)

Action items

1. bin_ will add a high level argumentation for a generic framework (e.g., generic ports) to the document
2. bin_ will contribute some text on the nbeed for multi-backend support

Action items, by person

1. bin_
   1. bin_ will add a high level argumentation for a generic framework (e.g., generic ports) to the document
   2. bin_ will contribute some text on the nbeed for multi-backend support

People present (lines said)

1. georgk (20)
2. csatari (7)
3. collabot (3)
4. ljlamers_ (1)
5. bin_ (1)