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Development Process
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Nova is always evolving its processes, but its import to explain why we have
this process, so we all work to ensure the interactions we need to happen do
happen. The process we have should always be there to make it easier for good
communication between all members of our community.

OpenStack Wide Patterns
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Nova follows most of the generally adopted norms for OpenStack projects.
You can get more details here:

* http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html
* http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/project-team-guide

Nova Process
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This documentation is still a work in progress.
There is some draft information available on the wiki:

* https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova/Liberty_Release_Schedule
