[openstack-dev] [all][tc] Moving away from "big tent" terminology

Chris Dent cdent+os at anticdent.org
Thu Jun 15 11:06:17 UTC 2017


On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Chris Dent wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose that we introduce a new concept: "OpenStack-Hosted
>> projects". There would be "OpenStack projects" on one side, and
>> "Projects hosted on OpenStack infrastructure" on the other side (all
>> still under the openstack/ git repo prefix). We'll stop saying "official
>> OpenStack project" and "unofficial OpenStack project". The only
>> "OpenStack projects" will be the official ones. We'll chase down the
>> last mentions of "big tent" in documentation and remove it from our
>> vocabulary.
>
> I agree that something needs to change, but also agree with some of
> the followups that the distinction you're proposing isn't
> particularly memorable.

I should also say that despite my previous comments, discussion
resolving those issues should not delay sanitizing the term "big
tent".

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