Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-21 Thread Doug Hellmann
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014, at 04:35 PM, Jay S. Bryant wrote: > Thanks Duncan and also Dolph, I should have made the question > broader. :-) > > On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 13:22 +0100, Duncan Thomas wrote: > > On 16 July 2014 03:57, Jay S. Bryant wrote: > > > John, > > > > > > So you have said a few time

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-20 Thread Jay S. Bryant
Thanks Duncan and also Dolph, I should have made the question broader. :-) On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 13:22 +0100, Duncan Thomas wrote: > On 16 July 2014 03:57, Jay S. Bryant wrote: > > John, > > > > So you have said a few times that the specs are a learning process. > > What do you feel with have le

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-16 Thread Duncan Thomas
On 16 July 2014 03:57, Jay S. Bryant wrote: > John, > > So you have said a few times that the specs are a learning process. > What do you feel with have learned thus far using specs? I'm not John, but I'm going to answer as if you'd addressed the question wider: - Specs can definitely help flesh

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-15 Thread Dolph Mathews
t; > Don Dugger > > > > "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. > > Gale > > > > Ph: 303/443-3786 > > > > > > > > From: Dolph

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-15 Thread Jay S. Bryant
> > From: Dolph Mathews > [mailto:dolph.math...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:02 AM > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not >

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-15 Thread Erlon Cruz
> Leave the option about when to submit a design vs. when to submit code to the > contributor. That's is what is being done so far right? Hard to know (mainly if you are a first contributor) when a change is big or not. I can see lots of patches being submitted without the spec getting rejected

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-15 Thread Duncan Thomas
On 15 July 2014 15:01, Erlon Cruz wrote: >> Leave the option about when to submit a design vs. when to submit code to >> the contributor. > > That's is what is being done so far right? Hard to know (mainly if you are a > first contributor) when a change is big or not. I can see lots of patches > b

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-14 Thread Devananda van der Veen
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Duncan Thomas wrote: > On 14 July 2014 07:11, Flavio Percoco wrote: > > I almost fully agree with this last point. The bit I don't agree with is > > that there are some small refactor changes that aim to change a core > > piece of the project without any impact o

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-14 Thread Duncan Thomas
On 14 July 2014 07:11, Flavio Percoco wrote: > I almost fully agree with this last point. The bit I don't agree with is > that there are some small refactor changes that aim to change a core > piece of the project without any impact on the final user that are > spec/blueprint worthy to explaining

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-14 Thread John Griffith
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Duncan Thomas wrote: > On 14 July 2014 07:11, Flavio Percoco wrote: > > I almost fully agree with this last point. The bit I don't agree with is > > that there are some small refactor changes that aim to change a core > > piece of the project without any impact o

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-13 Thread Flavio Percoco
On 07/13/2014 04:01 PM, Dolph Mathews wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Jay Bryant > mailto:jsbry...@electronicjungle.net>> > wrote: > > I had been under the impression that all BPs we going to require a > spec. I, however, was made are in today's cinder meeting that we > a

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-13 Thread John Griffith
; >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Don Dugger >>> >>> "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale >>> >>> Ph: 303/443-3786 >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Dolph Mathews [mailto:dolph.math...

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-13 Thread Dolph Mathews
wn justification seems like the wrong way to >> go. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Don Dugger >> >> "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale >> >> Ph: 303/443-3786 >> >> >> >> *From:* Dolph Mathews [mailto:dolp

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-09 Thread Jay Bryant
way to go. > > > > -- > > Don Dugger > > "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale > > Ph: 303/443-3786 > > > > *From:* Dolph Mathews [mailto:dolph.math...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:02 AM > *To:* OpenStack Development

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-02 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Dolph Mathews's message of 2014-07-01 10:02:13 -0700: > The argument has been made in the past that small features will require > correspondingly small specs. If there's a counter-argument to this example > (a "small" feature requiring a relatively large amount of spec effort), I'd >

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-02 Thread Dolph Mathews
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Lingxian Kong wrote: > IMO, 'spec' is indeed a good idea and indeed useful for tracking > features, although it's a little tough for us not using English as > native language. But we still need to identify these 'small features', > and core reviewers do some review

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-02 Thread Lingxian Kong
IMO, 'spec' is indeed a good idea and indeed useful for tracking features, although it's a little tough for us not using English as native language. But we still need to identify these 'small features', and core reviewers do some review, then approve them ASAP, so that we can avoid to waste a lot o

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-01 Thread Devananda van der Veen
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Dolph Mathews wrote: > The argument has been made in the past that small features will require > correspondingly small specs. If there's a counter-argument to this example > (a "small" feature requiring a relatively large amount of spec effort), I'd > love to have

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-01 Thread Dugger, Donald D
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Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-01 Thread Jason Dunsmore
I meant the administrative overhead of the contributor having to submit a spec to Gerrit and then everyone having to deal with yet another review, not the overhead of writing/reviewing the spec itself. On Tue, Jul 01 2014, Dolph Mathews wrote: > The argument has been made in the past that small f

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-01 Thread Dolph Mathews
The argument has been made in the past that small features will require correspondingly small specs. If there's a counter-argument to this example (a "small" feature requiring a relatively large amount of spec effort), I'd love to have links to both the spec and the resulting implementation so we c

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-07-01 Thread Jason Dunsmore
On Mon, Jun 30 2014, Joshua Harlow wrote: > There is a balance here that needs to be worked out and I've seen > specs start to turn into requirements for every single patch (even if > the patch is pretty small). I hope we can rework the 'balance in the > force' to avoid being so strict that every

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-06-30 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Boris Pavlovic's message of 2014-06-30 14:11:08 -0700: > Hi all, > > Specs are interesting idea, that may be really useful, when you need to > discuss large topics: > 1) work on API > 2) Large refactoring > 3) Large features > 4) Performance, scale, ha, security issues that requires

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-06-30 Thread Joshua Harlow
ent Mailing List (not for usage questions)" mailto:openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org>> Date: Monday, June 30, 2014 at 2:11 PM To: OpenStack Development Mailing List mailto:openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org>> Subject: [openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any

[openstack-dev] [all][specs] Please stop doing specs for any changes in projects

2014-06-30 Thread Boris Pavlovic
Hi all, Specs are interesting idea, that may be really useful, when you need to discuss large topics: 1) work on API 2) Large refactoring 3) Large features 4) Performance, scale, ha, security issues that requires big changes And I really dislike idea of adding spec for every patch. Especially whe