On 08/02/2012 04:05 PM, Eric Windisch wrote: > On Monday, July 23, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > >>>> Sorry if this rekindles old arguments, but could someone summarize the >>>> reasons for an openstack-common "PTL" without voting rights? I would >>>> have defaulted to giving them a vote *especially* because the code in >>>> common is, well, common to all of the projects. >>> >>> >>> So far, the PPB considered openstack-common to be driven by "all PTLs", >>> so it didn't have a specific PTL. >>> >>> As far as future governance is concerned (technical committee of the >>> Foundation), openstack-common would technically be considered a >>> supporting library (rather than a core project) -- those can have leads, >>> but those do not get granted an automatic TC seat. >> >> >> OK, I can see the distinction there. I think the project needs an official >> leader, even if we don't call them a PTL in the sense meant for other >> projects. And I would expect anyone willing to take on the PTL role for >> common to be qualified to run for one of the open positions on the new TC, >> if they wanted to participate there. > The scope of common is expanding. I believe it is time to seriously consider > a proper PTL. Preferably, before the PTL elections.
No disagreement from me. > The RPC code is there now. We're talking about putting the membership > services there too, for the sake of RPC, and even the low-level > SQLAlchemy/MySQL access code for the sake of membership services. A wrapper > around pyopenssl is likely to land there too, for the sake of RPC. These are > just some of the changes that have already landed, or are expected to land > within Folsom. What do you mean by "membership services"? > Common contains essential pieces to the success of OpenStack which are > currently lacking (official) leadership. Everyone's problem is nobody's > problem. > > Consider this my +1 on assigning a PTL for common. Sure, me too. -jay _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
