confirmed On 04/08/2015 06:18 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm announcing my candidacy for OpenStack Release Cycle Management PTL > for the Liberty cycle. > > Release Management is a function that existed since the inception of > OpenStack and I always filled that role, so this candidacy may sound > like business as usual. I like to think there are a lot of important > changes we need to implement during the Liberty cycle though, which > makes it extra-interesting. > > First, we need to scale and evolve the various Release Cycle Management > subteams to accommodate the big-tent initiative. How to scale those > central activities to a higher number of OpenStack projects ? That > effort is already started for the stable maintenance subteam, which > implemented a number of structural changes to support more projects > while preserving the ideals outlined in the Stable branch policy. For > the release subteam, that means evolving from doing only direct release > management to providing advice, reusable tools and documented processes. > It is a pretty significant change that will require a bit of work and > recruitment in the team, and I'd like to lead that change if you give me > your trust. > > Second, we need to have a discussion on long-term evolution of the > release model to better serve our users. The "6-month cycle with 3 > intermediary milestones" was always a compromise between our stable > support and documentation capacity and our goal of "releasing early, > releasing often". As our base projects slowly mature and we welcome more > "OpenStack" projects, we want to reconsider that trade-off and at least > bring some flexibility to it. I think my experience there can be useful > while we navigate that treacherous pass. > > You'll note that I'm not mentioning the Vulnerability Management Subteam > anymore, since that one got reassigned to the new "Security" team that > just got approved. > > Thank you for your consideration ! >
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