An OpenStack code sprint, preparing for the Vancouver summit, and more

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OpenStack around the web

There's a lot of interesting stuff being written about OpenStack. Here's a sampling:

• Passion + community support = Success with OpenStack: Shilla Saebi, operations engineer at Comcast, provides her equation for success with OpenStack.
• OpenStack QA code sprint in New York City: Takeaways from the event.
• Preparing for the Vancouver summit: A good checklist for getting ready for the big event next month.
• PayPal declares it's 100% OpenStack cloud: Another look at the big news from PayPal.
• Midokura bets on OpenStack, joins OpenStack Foundation: The OpenStack Foundation grows a little bigger.
• OpenStack hardware startup Nebula shuts down: The OpenStack landscape sees another change this week.

OpenStack discussions

Here's a sample of some of the most active discussions this week on the OpenStack developers' listserv. For a more in-depth look, why not dive in yourself?

• Clarifications on the goal and skipping tests: On the purpose of third party continuous integration tests.
• The evolution of core developer to maintainer: Who makes up the core team of an OpenStack project, and why does it matter what we call them?
• Bug expiration: Items in Nova's bug list have to be manually closed; should this be automated again?

OpenStack events

Here's what is happening this week. Something missing? Email us and let us know, or add it to our events calendar. 

• Triangle OpenStack Meetup: April 6, 2015; Morrisville, NC.
• Australian OpenStack user group: April 7, 2015; Sydney, Australia.
• PyCon 2015: April 8-16, 2015; Montreal, Canada.
• Software Defined Networks (SDN) & Linux-based networking: April 8, 2015; Washington, DC.
• Cinder block storage in OpenStack: April 9, 2015; Atlanta, GA.

And don't forget to mark your calendars for a few things a little further down the road.

• OpenStack Live: April 13-14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA.
• OpenStack Summit: May 18-22, 2015; Vancouver, BC.

Interested in the OpenStack project development meetings? A complete list of these meetings' regular schedules is available here.

Thanks to Opensource.com community moderator Robin Muilwijk, who pointed us towards some of these stories this week.