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On 09/15/2013 01:47 PM, Alex Gaynor wrote:
> Falcon was included as a result of Marconi moving from stackforge to
> being incubated. sphinxcontrib-programoutput doesn't appear to have been
> added at all, it's still under
> review: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/46325/

I agree with Alex and Morgan. falcon was the marconi thing.
diskimage-builder and tripleo-image-elements are part of an OpenStack
program.

sphinxcontrib-programoutput is only a build depend for docs - but I
think you're made a good point, and we should be in requirements freeze.
Let's hold off on that one until icehouse opens.
> 
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Morgan Fainberg <m at metacloud.com
> <mailto:m at metacloud.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Thomas,
> 
>     A couple if those appear to be managed by the OpenStack community
>     (e.g. diskimage-builder), which likely should be included in either
>     case.  I would say if it is covered under the OpenStack proper list
>     of git repos (e.g. https://github.com/openstack ) it should likely
>     be included for packaging ?if it requires packaging).  With that
>     being said, I agree that it make sense for other (non-openstack)
>     libraries to be added carefully late in the cycle.  Perhaps the best
>     would be to limit additions to prior to the release Feature-Freeze. 
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Morgan Fainberg
> 
>     On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>         Short version: the global-requirements.txt should be frozen asap
>         because
>         otherwise, packages wont be ready.
> 
>         Longer version:
> 
>         I'm getting worried that, even after Havana b3 is released, we
>         are still
>         getting some new Python modules added to the requirements
>         repository.
> 
>         In Debian, every new package has to go through a review process,
>         called
>         the NEW queue. FTP masters review both the freeness of a
>         package, the
>         exactitude of debian/copyright, and the general packaging quality.
>         Unfortunately, this review process can take a lot of time. At
>         best, it
>         is processed within a week (which is what happened for more than
>         a year
>         before November 2012), but in the worse case, it could take up to a
>         month or 2 (this was the case up to the end of last summer,
>         thanks to
>         new manpower in the FTP team).
> 
>         So I need to point it out: adding new Python modules at the end of a
>         release adds more risk that I will be missing some Python
>         modules within
>         the Debian archive when Havana will be released.
> 
>         I wouldn't have to write this mail if this was only a single
>         module or
>         something. Though that's not the case, we have 4 packages added this
>         last week:
>         - falcon
>         - diskimage-builder
>         - tripleo-image-elements
>         - sphinxcontrib-programoutput
> 
>         I do understand that they might be absolutely needed, though it
>         would be
>         nice if additions to the global-requirements.txt file stopped at
>         some
>         point. And as far as I am concerned, the sooner the better, so that
>         there's enough time to get the packages packaged, checked and
>         tested,
>         uploaded, approved by the FTP masters, and ready in time in Sid.
> 
>         Cheers,
> 
>         Thomas
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