Last week SURFs network automation team spent a fruitful week in Berkeley (CA) together with colleagues from ESnet and Géant. As workflow orchestrator partner members, SURF, ESnet and Géant are committed to the workflow orchestrator software ecosystem and collaborate on creating a useful set of tools for parties who are interested in automating their network.

First codesprint

As users of the orchestrator software we share the need to continuously improve and add more features. The coming year SURF, ESnet and Geant plan to execute 12 sprints to work on the backlog of issues. This will be done by forming a (virtual) team of software engineers who will together work on issues that have been identified as important. The codesprint represents an important step in sharing knowledge and kickstarting this process.

Results

The codesprint results in a nutshell:

• 22 issues closed with a combined issue weight of 45
• 7 issues in progress with a total weight of 23
• 2 releases including one Major release candidate. version 2.10, version 3.0.0rc1
• Numerous new contributors
• Many good stories and lots of laughs!