[openstack-dev] OpenStack Programs
Thierry Carrez
thierry at openstack.org
Tue Jun 25 16:39:35 UTC 2013
Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> If you look at the Oslo "mission statement(s)":
>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Oslo
>> The Oslo program produces a set of python libraries containing
> infrastructure code shared by OpenStack projects. The APIs provided by
> these libraries should be high quality, stable, consistent and
> generally useful.
>> The Oslo program brings together generalist code reviewers and
> specialist API maintainers. They share a common interest in tackling
> copy-and-paste technical debt across the OpenStack project.
>> then the overlap with openstack/requirements isn't at all obvious.
>> Not to try and lump this solely on Thierry or anything, but I see this
> as a release/distribution management concern - the fundamental question
> is what external dependencies (and what version of those) is it sane for
> us to require in order to deploy OpenStack?
>> Looking again at the review criteria:
>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Requirements
>> those questions are all about keeping a firm control over what external
> risks we expose ourselves (e.g. flakey upstreams) and that the
> dependency is compatible with our release goals (e.g. license, python
> version, distro availability).
+1
Cool, now the "Distribution/ReleaseManagement" program has one repo !
Even two, if I count the openstack-releasing tools :)
That kinda proves that the "should have one repo" requirement doesn't
really make sense for programs.
--
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
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