Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-18 Thread Thierry Carrez
Morgan Fainberg wrote: TL;DR Don't split the community, work to improve the tools for those who are overwhelmed. (Email clients, enforcing use of subject tags, etc) Thanks everyone for the insightful comments ! Like I said earlier, we can keep it the way it is, but I just wanted to make sure

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-18 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Monty Taylor mord...@inaugust.com wrote: Can I suggest that you don't try purely mechanical filtering into folders? Instead, for a while, try using a threaded client, and configure it to show threads unexpanded by default. if we are into mail client tips,

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-18 Thread Brian Cline
[mailto:mord...@inaugust.com] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:48 AM To: openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list On 11/14/2013 07:54 PM, Caitlin Bestler wrote: On 11/14/2013 5:12 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-17 Thread Morgan Fainberg
A couple of quick points. 1) I think that splitting the list is the wrong approach. 2) Perhaps we need to look at adding a mechanism that enforces the use of tags in the subject line (send a nice sorry, but you need to indicate the topic(s) you are mailing about error back if it doesn't exist,

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-16 Thread Monty Taylor
On 11/15/2013 05:06 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Wow, lots of different opinions! let's try to summarize: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop by about 25% * Removes confusion as to

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-16 Thread Monty Taylor
On 11/15/2013 12:08 PM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Adrian Otto wrote: If OpenStack starts a culture of exclusion instead of inclusion, that would start a dangerous trend that sets the wrong tone. It would quickly reach the point where new projects like mine would simply not come here. We would

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-16 Thread Matt Riedemann
On Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:09:35 AM, Monty Taylor wrote: On 11/15/2013 12:08 PM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Adrian Otto wrote: If OpenStack starts a culture of exclusion instead of inclusion, that would start a dangerous trend that sets the wrong tone. It would quickly reach the point

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-16 Thread Anita Kuno
On 11/16/2013 02:52 AM, Monty Taylor wrote: On 11/15/2013 05:06 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Wow, lots of different opinions! let's try to summarize: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-16 Thread Nick Chase
I am one of those horizontal people (working on docs and basically one of the people responsible at my organization for keeping a handle on what's going on) and I'm totally against a split. Of COURSE we need to maintain the integrated/incubated/proposed spectrum. Saying that we need to keep all

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-16 Thread Sean Dague
On 11/14/2013 02:25 PM, Mark Washenberger wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Thierry Carrez thie...@openstack.org mailto:thie...@openstack.org wrote: Thierry Carrez wrote: [...] That will not solve all issues. We should also collectively make sure that *usage

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-16 Thread Miguel Angel
2013/11/16 Sean Dague s...@dague.net On 11/14/2013 02:25 PM, Mark Washenberger wrote: It seems excessive, I agree. But if your meeting time bounces on a biweekly schedule to accommodate multiple timezones, I think its quite necessary. And the fact that people forget the times are in

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-15 Thread Sylvain Bauza
Le 14/11/2013 20:46, Clint Byrum a écrit : Now, choose which city will grow faster and produce more innovation. The problem is larger than only innovation, it is also making sure the Stackforge projects are also a starting point for contributing to Openstack in a different manner. ATCs can

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-15 Thread Alex Glikson
Sylvain Bauza sylvain.ba...@bull.net wrote on 15/11/2013 11:13:37 AM: On a technical note, as a Stackforge contributor, I'm trying to implement best practices of Openstack coding into my own project, and I'm facing day-to-day issues trying to understand what Oslo libs do or how they can be

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Thierry Carrez
Wow, lots of different opinions! let's try to summarize: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop by about 25% * Removes confusion as to which projects are actually in openstack Arguments in

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Flavio Percoco
On 15/11/13 11:06 +0100, Thierry Carrez wrote: Wow, lots of different opinions! let's try to summarize: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop by about 25% * Removes confusion as to which

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Ruslan Kiianchuk
Definitely +1 for splitting -- it becomes overwhelmed. We'll soon need regexps just to handle the incoming emails :) Having separate mailing lists would make it easier to stay focused and concentrate on needed projects. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Flavio Percoco fla...@redhat.com wrote:

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Adrian Otto
On Nov 15, 2013, at 2:06 AM, Thierry Carrez thie...@openstack.org wrote: Wow, lots of different opinions! let's try to summarize: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop by about 25% *

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Thierry Carrez
Adrian Otto wrote: If OpenStack starts a culture of exclusion instead of inclusion, that would start a dangerous trend that sets the wrong tone. It would quickly reach the point where new projects like mine would simply not come here. We would go somewhere else that does have a culture of

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Stefano Maffulli
On 11/15/2013 02:06 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop by about 25% I'm not so convinced about this figure, as others pointed out. * Removes confusion as to

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Stefano Maffulli's message of 2013-11-15 09:12:05 -0800: On 11/15/2013 02:06 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Arguments in favor of splitting openstack-dev / stackforge-dev * People can easily filter out all non-openstack discussions * Traffic would drop by about 25% I'm not so

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Joshua Harlow
Another thing that I remember from talking with people who work at yahoo on the hadoop project and was an insight early on for me. I remember those folks saying that about 2 hours of there day is spent on catching up on mailing list emails and reviews. This is/was a change in how they operated

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list (summary so far)

2013-11-15 Thread Rochelle.Grober
Coming from QA/Ops, I agree that there are horizontal teams that need to get info from the mailing list(s) across the spectrum. I also agree with Clint's and Adrian's statements about the synergies and serendipities of all the developers on one list. But I also understand the feeling of

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-15 Thread Alex Freedland
Agree with Clint completely! In my opinion it would be a big mistake to separate the lists. There are tools in modern e-mail readers to filter specific content into separate views. Why should OpenStack Foundation do it for us? Alex Freedland Co-Founder and Chairman Mirantis, Inc. On Thu, Nov

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-15 Thread Monty Taylor
On 11/15/2013 04:13 AM, Sylvain Bauza wrote: Le 14/11/2013 20:46, Clint Byrum a écrit : Now, choose which city will grow faster and produce more innovation. The problem is larger than only innovation, it is also making sure the Stackforge projects are also a starting point for

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-15 Thread Monty Taylor
On 11/14/2013 02:46 PM, Clint Byrum wrote: Excerpts from Thierry Carrez's message of 2013-11-14 05:12:55 -0800: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-15 Thread Monty Taylor
On 11/14/2013 07:54 PM, Caitlin Bestler wrote: On 11/14/2013 5:12 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Thierry Carrez
Thierry Carrez wrote: [...] That will not solve all issues. We should also collectively make sure that *usage questions are re-routed* to the openstack general mailing-list, where they belong. Too many people still answer off-topic questions here on openstack-dev, which encourages people to

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Julien Danjou
On Thu, Nov 14 2013, Thierry Carrez wrote: Other suggestion: we could stop posting meeting reminders to -dev (I know, I'm guilty of it) and only post something if the meeting time changes, or if the weekly meeting is canceled for whatever reason. Good suggestion. -- Julien Danjou -- Free

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Julien Danjou
On Thu, Nov 14 2013, Thierry Carrez wrote: Thoughts ? I agree on the need to split, the traffic is getting huge. As I'd have to subscribe to both openstack-dev and stackforge-dev, that would not help me personally, but I think it can be an easy and first step. -- Julien Danjou -- Free

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Dina Belova
Yeah, that's big problem... Especially when you are trying to keep track on lots of topics... I suppose this solution will do letters' prioritisation at least easier for developers and everybody who is subscribed on openstack-dev. Nice idea. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Thierry Carrez

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 02:19:24PM +0100, Thierry Carrez wrote: Thierry Carrez wrote: [...] That will not solve all issues. We should also collectively make sure that *usage questions are re-routed* to the openstack general mailing-list, where they belong. Too many people still answer

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Julien Danjou
On Thu, Nov 14 2013, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: Is there somewhere on the website which keeps a record of all regular scheduled meetings people can discover / refer to easily ? It's all on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings -- Julien Danjou // Free Software hacker /

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread mark
This would also have the added benefit of reducing the times people conflate related open source projects from stackforge with OpenStack itself. Having related oss discussions on a list called OpenStack-Dev may certainly have given the wrong impression to the casual observer. On Nov 14, 2013

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Thierry Carrez
Julien Danjou wrote: On Thu, Nov 14 2013, Thierry Carrez wrote: Thoughts ? I agree on the need to split, the traffic is getting huge. As I'd have to subscribe to both openstack-dev and stackforge-dev, that would not help me personally, but I think it can be an easy and first step.

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Sean Dague
On 11/14/2013 08:12 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of those are just off-topic (and I've been regularly

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Flavio Percoco
On 14/11/13 14:12 +0100, Thierry Carrez wrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of those are just off-topic (and I've been regularly

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Jay Pipes
++ On 11/14/2013 08:37 AM, m...@openstack.org wrote: This would also have the added benefit of reducing the times people conflate related open source projects from stackforge with OpenStack itself. Having related oss discussions on a list called OpenStack-Dev may certainly have given the

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Anne Gentle
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Thierry Carrez thie...@openstack.orgwrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of those are just

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Sergey Lukjanov
+1, agreed. Personally, I’ll subscribe to both lists but I think it really could help to prioritize emails. Sincerely yours, Sergey Lukjanov Savanna Technical Lead Mirantis Inc. On Nov 14, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Thierry Carrez thie...@openstack.org wrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Julien Danjou jul...@danjou.info wrote: Other suggestion: we could stop posting meeting reminders to -dev (I know, I'm guilty of it) and only post something if the meeting time changes, or if the weekly meeting is canceled for whatever reason. Good

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Romain Hardouin
Good idea. -romain ___ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Joe Gordon
On Nov 14, 2013 5:16 AM, Thierry Carrez thie...@openstack.org wrote: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of those are just off-topic

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread David Ripton
On 11/14/2013 08:21 AM, Julien Danjou wrote: On Thu, Nov 14 2013, Thierry Carrez wrote: Thoughts ? I agree on the need to split, the traffic is getting huge. As I'd have to subscribe to both openstack-dev and stackforge-dev, that would not help me personally, but I think it can be an easy

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2013-11-14 14:12:55 +0100 (+0100), Thierry Carrez wrote: [...] I'd like to propose a split between two lists: *openstack-dev*: Discussions on future development for OpenStack official projects *stackforge-dev*: Discussions on development for stackforge-hosted projects [...] Consider

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Stefano Maffulli
On 11/14/2013 09:03 AM, David Ripton wrote: I don't think it's worth the bother. openstack-dev would still receive most of the traffic. Once you add back the traffic from people cross-posting, posting to the wrong list, yelling at people cross-posting or posting to the wrong list, etc. I'd

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Mark Washenberger
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Thierry Carrez thie...@openstack.orgwrote: Thierry Carrez wrote: [...] That will not solve all issues. We should also collectively make sure that *usage questions are re-routed* to the openstack general mailing-list, where they belong. Too many people

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Thierry Carrez's message of 2013-11-14 05:12:55 -0800: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of those are just off-topic

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Joe Gordon
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Stefano Maffulli stef...@openstack.orgwrote: On 11/14/2013 09:03 AM, David Ripton wrote: I don't think it's worth the bother. openstack-dev would still receive most of the traffic. Once you add back the traffic from people cross-posting, posting to the

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Anita Kuno
On 11/14/2013 02:46 PM, Clint Byrum wrote: Allow me an analogy if you will: Consider a burgeoning city. There are people who have been around a long time. Some are politicians, some work for the city, some are just good citizens. These people see newcomers in the commons and greet them with

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Stefano Maffulli
On 11/14/2013 11:46 AM, Clint Byrum wrote: Now, choose which city will grow faster and produce more innovation. This is not about welcoming newcomers. It's about teaching newcomers the tools, habits, culture of an established community that keeps growing. If questions about usage need to be

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Tom Fifield
On 15/11/13 02:40, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Julien Danjou jul...@danjou.info mailto:jul...@danjou.info wrote: Other suggestion: we could stop posting meeting reminders to -dev (I know, I'm guilty of it) and only post something if the meeting time

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Angus Salkeld
On 14/11/13 11:46 -0800, Clint Byrum wrote: Excerpts from Thierry Carrez's message of 2013-11-14 05:12:55 -0800: Hi everyone, I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and November well on its way to pass 2000

Re: [openstack-dev] Split of the openstack-dev list

2013-11-14 Thread Renat Akhmerov
On 15 Nov 2013, at 02:46, Clint Byrum cl...@fewbar.com wrote: Allow me an analogy if you will: Consider a burgeoning city. There are people who have been around a long time. Some are politicians, some work for the city, some are just good citizens. These people see newcomers in the commons