Thomas Goirand <tho...@goirand.fr> writes: > All this to say that, unless someone wants to hire me for it (which > would be the best outcome, but I fear this wont happen), or if someone > steps in (this seems unlikely at this point), both the packaging-deb > and the faith of OpenStack packages in Debian are currently > compromised.
Thanks for your work, Thomas, and yes I hope someone hires you and other skilled maintainers to continue OpenStack in Debian. Nadia Eghbal's work documenting the state of critical infrastructure <URL:https://medium.com/@nayafia/how-i-stumbled-upon-the-internet-s-biggest-blind-spot-b9aa23618c58#.str97fkhj> has led her to create a guide for seeking funding for crucial free-software infrastructure <URL:https://github.com/nayafia/lemonade-stand>. For those parties who are profiting from OpenStack, or any other free-software project, you need to read “Roads and Bridges” <URL:http://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure> and *fund* the maintenance of this infrastructure. Stories like Thomas's should gavlanise you to put sustained funding in for the projects that provide your own lifeblood. Step up, join with others, and make this right. -- \ “Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in | `\ behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.” —Ambrose | _o__) Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_, 1906 | Ben Finney