Excerpts from corvus's message of 2018-03-15 14:57:05 -0700: > Hi, > > To date, Zuul has (perhaps rightly) often been seen as an > OpenStack-specific tool. That's only natural since we created it > explicitly to solve problems we were having in scaling the testing of > OpenStack. Nevertheless, it is useful far beyond OpenStack, and even > before v3, it has found adopters elsewhere. Though as we talk to more > people about adopting it, it is becoming clear that the less experience > they have with OpenStack, the more likely they are to perceive that Zuul > isn't made for them. > > At the same time, the OpenStack Foundation has identified a number of > strategic focus areas related to open infrastructure in which to invest. > CI/CD is one of these. The OpenStack project infrastructure team, the > Zuul team, and the Foundation staff recently discussed these issues and > we feel that establishing Zuul as its own top-level project with the > support of the Foundation would benefit everyone. > > It's too early in the process for me to say what all the implications > are, but here are some things I feel confident about: > > * The folks supporting the Zuul running for OpenStack will continue to > do so. We love OpenStack and it's just way too fun running the > world's most amazing public CI system to do anything else. > > * Zuul will be independently promoted as a CI/CD tool. We are > establishing our own website and mailing lists to facilitate > interacting with folks who aren't otherwise interested in OpenStack. > You can expect to hear more about this over the coming months. > > * We will remain just as open as we have been -- the "four opens" are > intrinsic to what we do. > > As a first step in this process, I have proposed a change[1] to remove > Zuul from the list of official OpenStack projects. If you have any > questions, please don't hesitate to discuss them here, or privately > contact me or the Foundation staff. > > -Jim > > [1] https://review.openstack.org/552637 >
Thanks for posting this, Jim. I look forward to watching (and participating in) the evolution of Zuul through this change! Doug _______________________________________________ OpenStack-Infra mailing list OpenStack-Infra@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-infra