Thomas Goirand
OpenStack & Debian Packaging Expert
Gaillard, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Goirand is an OpenStack specialist and Debian Developer with 18 years of experience, currently running OpenStack deployments and Debian packaging at Infomaniak in Geneva. He authored and maintains a fully Debian-packaged OpenStack cluster installer used in production, and is the primary maintainer of OpenStack packages within Debian. His contributions span backend fixes and Python 3 migrations across key OpenStack projects like Horizon and Cinder, plus technical writing to improve Debian-centric install guides. Thomas bridges the Debian and OpenStack communities through long-standing participation in Debian conferences and multiple OpenStack summits, making him a go-to integrator between upstreams. Notably, his pragmatic tooling prioritizes “it just works” reliability over flashy enterprise solutions, and his QA track record is publicly visible in Debian’s developer reports.
19 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
DUT, Computing, DUT, Computing at Nantes UniversitéDUT, Informatique, DUT, Informatique at IUT de Nantes
Chinese, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (23)
python10
django10
debian-packaging10
openstack10
installer10
service-design10
ceph10
service-provider10
postinstall10
installers10
json9
apidoc8
api8
testing8
devops7
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/openstack-manuals
Oct 2013 - Sep 2019
OpenStack Manuals. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Debian Package Maintainer
Technical Writer & Debian Package MaintainerContributions:95 commits in 6 years
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the OpenStack documentation repository, focusing on installation guides. Their work involved fixing installation procedures, particularly for Debian-based systems. They addressed issues in various services, like Horizon, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, and Ceilometer, updating instructions and correcting errors in the documentation. The user also updated Debian image download text and streamlined the Debconf process.
openstack
openstack/horizon
Jan 2014 - Feb 2022
OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the OpenStack Horizon dashboard by addressing bugs and adapting to changes in dependencies. Their work included fixing Django-related issues (versions 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, and 4.x), such as incorrect method calls and handling of CSRF reasons. They also worked on Swift integration, addressing an issue with Content-Length headers in the context of UWSGI. The user also refactored tests, and ensured compatibility with Python 3.
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