I noticed a good statement, marked it inline.
On 9/28/16 7:24 AM, John Davidge wrote: > Hi Zane, > > Thanks for pointing this out! My interpretation of the StackForge > Retirement page[1] was wrong on that point. I've updated the blog post to > reflect that (without removing the original interpretation). > > The discussion about renaming git repos is a bit of a red herring, because > what we're really talking about is what it *means* to be in Stackforge vs. > OpenStack vs. OpenStack Family, not which git namespace a project should > live in. Apologies if I didn't make that clear. > > Like many of us, I do my best to keep up with historical context, but when > there is so much contradictory information/opinion out there about what > OpenStack is/isn't was/wasn't it can be a struggle at times. The crux of """ > my proposal is aiming to solve that by not trying to be everything to > everyone under one tent - by defining sensible boundaries to separate the > different goals of the community. """ +1000 to sensible boundaries. the key factor is to strike the balance. > > All the best, > > John > > [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Stackforge_Namespace_Retirement > > On 9/27/16, 5:13 PM, Zane Bitter wrote: > >> On 27/09/16 06:19, John Davidge wrote: >>>> Having Stackforge as a separate Github organization and set of >>>>> repositories was a maintenance nightmare due to the awkwardness of >>>>> renaming projects when they "moved into OpenStack". >>> There's no reason that this would need a separate github structure, just >>> separate messaging and rules. >> That's exactly what we have now. >> >> This statement on your blog: >> >> "[StackForge] was retired in October 2015, at which point all projects >> had to move into the OpenStack Big Tent or leave entirely." >> >> is completely false. That never happened. There are still plenty of >> repos on git.openstack.org that are not part of the Big Tent. At no time >> has any project been required to join the Big Tent in order to continue >> being hosted. >> >> Maybe you should consider reading up on the historical background to >> these changes. There are a lot of constraints that have to be met - from >> technical ones like the fact that it's not feasible to rename git repos >> when they move into or out of the official OpenStack project, to legal >> ones like how the TC has to designate projects in order to trigger >> certain rights and responsibilities in the (effectively immutable) >> Foundation by-laws. Rehashing all of the same old discussions without >> reference to these constraints is unlikely to be productive. >> >> cheers, >> Zane. >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > ________________________________ > Rackspace Limited is a company registered in England & Wales (company > registered number 03897010) whose registered office is at 5 Millington Road, > Hyde Park Hayes, Middlesex UB3 4AZ. Rackspace Limited privacy policy can be > viewed at www.rackspace.co.uk/legal/privacy-policy - This e-mail message may > contain confidential or privileged information intended for the recipient. > Any dissemination, distribution or copying of the enclosed material is > prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us > immediately by e-mail at [email protected] and delete the original message. > Your cooperation is appreciated. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Thanks, Nikhil __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
