Contract SFS-MAINT-001

This contract, granted to Intel (formerly Whamcloud), partially funds the continued care, testing, and development of Lustre's primary development branch, named "master".

Requirements

The contract has been in place since November 2011 and it's time for a refresh. Toward that end the CDWG is gathering requirements for the refresh:

• Extend the due date for the contract's quarterly report to five business days after end of quarter.
• Define release cadence including which releases will be deemed maintenance releases.
• Increase scope to include process for implementing testing improvements.
• Codify quality metrics (note: contract should reference the wiki where the metrics are detailed. Having the metrics definitions live on the wiki will allow us to update them more easily).
• Define release criteria (note: contract should reference the wiki where the criteria is defined. Having the criteria defined on the wiki will allow us to update it more easily).
  • Release criteria (test plans) require sign-off by CDWG (?)
• Intel has proposed "a small change to the indemnification section, to align with Intel standards"