Excerpts from Thierry Carrez's message of 2016-04-21 18:22:53 +0200: > Michael Krotscheck wrote: > > So, HPE is seeking sponsors to continue the core party. The reasons are > > varied - internal sponsors have moved to other projects, the Big Tent > > has drastically increased the # of cores, and the upcoming summit format > > change creates quite a bit of uncertainty on everything surrounding the > > summit. > > > > Furthermore, the existence of the Core party has been... contentious. > > Some believe it's exclusionary, others think it's inappropriate, yet > > others think it's a good way to thank those of use who agree to be > > constantly pestered for code reviews. > > > > I'm writing this message for two reasons - mostly, to kick off a > > discussion on whether the party is worthwhile. Secondly, to signal to > > other organizations that this promotional opportunity is available. > > > > Personally, I appreciate being thanked for my work. I do not necessarily > > need to be thanked in this fashion, however as the past venues have been > > far more subdued than the Tuesday night events (think cocktail party), > > it's a welcome mid-week respite for this overwhelmed little introvert. I > > don't want to see it go, but I will understand if it does. > > > > Some numbers, for those who like them (Thanks to Mark Atwood for > > providing them): > > > > Total repos: 1010 > > Total approvers: 1085 > > Repos for official teams: 566 > > OpenStack repo approvers: 717 > > Repos under release management: 90 > > Managed release repo approvers: 281 > > I think it's inappropriate because it gives a wrong incentive to become > a core reviewer. Core reviewing should just be a duty you sign up to, > not necessarily a way to get into a cool party. It was also a bit > exclusive of other types of contributions. > > Apparently in Austin the group was reduced to only release:managed > repositories. This tag is to describe which repositories the release > team is comfortable handling. I think it's inappropriate to reuse it to > single out a subgroup of cool folks, and if that became a tradition the > release team would face pressure from repositories to get the tag that > are totally unrelated to what the tag describes.
I didn't realize the tag was being used that way. I agree it's completely inappropriate, and I wish someone had asked. > > So.. while I understand the need for calmer parties during the week, I > think the general trends is to have less parties and more small group > dinners. I would be fine with HPE sponsoring more project team dinners > instead :) That fits my vision of the new event, which is less focused on big glitzy events and more on small socializing opportunities. Doug __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev