> -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Leafe [mailto:e...@leafe.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 1:02 PM > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > <openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org> > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [all] governance proposal worth a visit: > Write down OpenStack principles > > On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:13 AM, Chris Dent <cdent...@anticdent.org> wrote: > > > The writing is starting from a detailed proposal which, as txx said in > > his response to me above, presents itself as a document that is "meant > > to document *existing* principles that we operate under but never > > documented properly. It's not really about a new set of rules, or really > > changing anything". > > > > That is, it thinks of iself as an existing truth to be ratified. > > I think that you've made an excellent case for exactly the sort of process > that is being followed. Let me explain. > > As Monty explained, the document is the result of the TC realizing that > there were many things that were part of their shared understanding, but > which were not necessarily things that a newcomer to OpenStack would > realize. The document they are creating is simply a way to capture that > tribal knowledge so that it is discoverable by everyone. > > While I'm not a member of the TC, I have been closely following it for a > few years now, and attend nearly every meeting. So I had some additional > context that you might not have, and thus had a very different reaction to > the document. The more that these things are recorded and available to > all, the better it will be for the community, which is something that I > know you violently agree with. :) This is just the first step in the > documentation process of where we are today, so that everyone has a common > starting point for discussing where we would like to be in the future. >
[amrith] Ed, you make a great point. If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there [Lewis Carrol] but equally, if you don't know where you are starting from, how do you know which way to go? > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev