Casey Cain stated that he thought that the best way to start would be to have a discussion about the current state of SaaS CI/CD and feature comparison.
Trevor Bramwell presented a deck that he prepared that highlights a number of features and their per-platform comparison.
Casey Cain noted that there is a minimal cost differential. In some cases it's negligible. ONAP would likely see the most benefit from a cost comparison. OpenDaylight would likely see the most benefit from a technical comparison.
Brian Freeman suggested that the communities develop an action plan for what it would take to migrate to a new platform and its impact on the community.
It may take some trial and error to build out this data.
Suggestions were made to find a way to implement an incremental migration plan if possible
Projects should identify stakeholders and build expertise and prototyping. e.g. In ONAP, what happens with Gerrit or JJB if we move to Gitlab.
Other Considerations Discussed
There is the consideration of younger developers' preference for engaging in projects using newer tooling like Gitlab-CI
Steve Ira noted that if all projects agreed to migrate to a single pipeline that the LF would have additional leverage for negotiating contracts and costs. Particularly with Microsoft services.
Decisions should still be based on criteria like features and effort,
LF will need to build out support for the toolchain which they are currently developing.
Could simplify support and services which could improve community collaboration.
Brian Freeman noted that there also build requirements for multi-CPU environments.
Brian Freeman also wanted to know how SSO would work and if we could be able to integrate LF-Identity logins.
Trevor Bramwell explained that Gitlab-CI can use Github logins, but most SaaS CI/CD services don't support Enterprise logins. They require that you host the service yourself. We would likely need to have a separate login for SaaS.
Steve suggested that OPNFV is probably the best project for early adoption despite the effort.
Next Steps
Start a doodle poll for kicking off the next meeting which should take place in the first week of December.
The PM and Community Representatives to review the features and start building out a list of requirements, features and community considerations.
Action items
Casey Cainto create a new Doole poll for the next meeting which will take place in the first week of December.