[openstack-dev] Horizon and Tuskar-UI codebase merge

Jordan O'Mara jomara at redhat.com
Thu Dec 19 16:32:58 UTC 2013



----- Original Message -----
> So basically this is our first proposal what we send out:
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-December/022196.html
> 
> After Horizon meetings, several e-mails and also couple of other
> discussions of people who are for/against codebase merge, it looks that
> in the end upstream leans towards 'umbrella' solution.
> 
> After all, +1 for umbrella solution from my side too. Tuskar UI will get
> closer to the nature of the project (based on Horizon, UI related
> audience). And in the same time, we will not rush things up before the
> project graduates. In Icehouse we can easier reach goals of both -
> Horizon as well as Tuskar UI - and after Icehouse release we can review
> back and get to the codebase merge in the end.
> 
> Do you all agree?
> 
> -- Jarda

+1, I think this is the most sensible approach.

> 
> On 2013/18/12 22:33, Gabriel Hurley wrote:
> >  From my experience, directly adding incubated projects to the main Horizon
> >  codebase prior to graduation has been fraught with peril. That said, the
> >  closer they can be together prior to the graduation merge, the better.
> >
> > I like the idea of these types of projects being under the OpenStack
> > Dashboard Program umbrella. Ideally I think it would be a jointly-managed
> > resource in Gerrit. The Horizon Core folks would have +2 power, but the
> > Tuskar core folks would also have +2 power. (I'm 90% certain that can be
> > done in the Gerrit admin...)
> >
> > That way development speed isn't bottlenecked by Horizon Core, but there's
> > a closer tie-in with the people who may ultimately be maintaining it. It
> > becomes easier to keep track of, and can be more easily guided in the
> > right directions. With a little work incubated dashboard components like
> > this could even be made to be a non-gating part of the testing
> > infrastructure to indicate when things change or break.
> >
> > Adding developers to Horizon Core just for the purpose of reviewing an
> > incubated umbrella project is not the right way to do things at all.  If
> > my proposal of two separate groups having the +2 power in Gerrit isn't
> > technically feasible then a new group should be created for management of
> > umbrella projects.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> >       - Gabriel
> 
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Jordan O'Mara <jomara at redhat.com>
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