[openstack-dev] [all] governance proposal worth a visit: Write down OpenStack principles

Amrith Kumar amrith at tesora.com
Sat Sep 10 14:59:13 UTC 2016



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> From: Edward Leafe [mailto:ed at leafe.com]
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> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [all] governance proposal worth a visit:
> Write down OpenStack principles
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> On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:13 AM, Chris Dent <cdent+os at 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?


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