Final Weeks

This week I tried to download a fresh repository and none of my credentials worked. I have been unable to access the new repo to make further changes, so I’m not sure if I will be able to make anymore pushes by the end of the semester. My group has managed to get a decent amount of work done, so I am very excited about that. However, it is unlikely that we will be able to finish the entire project with only a week remaining in the semester and none of us  able to access the new repository.

Overall, it has been fun and interesting learning how to use the Eucalyptus software and writing code and documentation for the eutester package. I wish we could have done more, especially on the development side, but it was a large project and it was difficult to actually get started doing anything. It took the entire semester to get any semblance of a cluster set up, and I still do not believe it is in a working state, not to mention the fact that more than half the class had to learn Python before being able to interpret any of the code. I really wish we were able to develop some real code as a class for the project, or at least finish the project we were working on. There were simply too many variables for an overly ambitious project that contributed to the overall lack of contribution to the Euca community.

Positive things that came out of the semester were that we were able to write a lot of useful documentation for the Euca developers and it seems that all of them are very grateful for our assistance. We met some very smart and interesting people who were enthusiastic about us helping out with their project and I really enjoyed meeting them and talking to them over IRC or email. I wish I was able to meet “mull” when he visited because I had a few questions to ask him, but I had several previous engagements that I could not get out of at the last minute. I think that the code we actually did contribute, combined with the documentation we wrote, will be very helpful to new Eucalyptus developers and testers. I hope that the next group to come along and develop for the project is able to use all of our materials and make some large developments to help out the project. I wish all the Euca people the very best and I hope the project is successful for many years to come.