[OpenStack-DefCore] PLEASE DISCUSS (or +1) Designated Sections Principles [No Meeting on Friday]

Troy Toman troy at tomanator.com
Thu Aug 7 11:03:21 UTC 2014


+1. Great list. 

- Troy

> On Aug 7, 2014, at 2:03 AM, <Rob_Hirschfeld at Dell.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
>  
> We did not get critical mass on the doodle calendars to justify a meeting.  I am planning a meeting next Thursday (10 am?) to draft the strawman.  I’ll be in SF and looking for a location (South Bay is ok).
>  
> Josh and I have the following proposal for “designated sections principles” based on the TC’s original document:
>  
> Should be DESIGNATED:
> Should NOT be DESIGNATED:
> §  code provides the project external REST API, or
> §  code is shared and provides common functionality for all options, or
> §  code implements logic that is critical for cross-platform operation
> §  code interfaces to vendor-specific functions, or
> §  project design explicitly intended this section to be replaceable, or
> §  code extends the project external REST API in a new or different way, or
> §  code is being deprecated
>  
> There are three important additions to these 7 points:
>  
> 1)      unless code is designated, it is assumed to be undesignated.  As usual, we have a preference for smaller core.
> 2)      If the community cannot reach a fast consensus about designation then code is considered undesignated.  Excepting obvious trolling, this prevents endless wrangling.   If there’s a true difference of opinion then we default to undesignated.
> 3)      Loose descriptions of designated sections are acceptable.  The goal is guidance on where we want upstream contributions not a code inspection police state.
>  
>  
> Rob
> ______________________________
> Rob Hirschfeld
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