[openstack-dev] [tc][all] Do we need a #openstack-tc IRC channel

John Garbutt john at johngarbutt.com
Wed May 17 08:23:45 UTC 2017


On 16 May 2017 at 16:08, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com> wrote:
> Excerpts from Sean Dague's message of 2017-05-16 10:49:54 -0400:
>> On 05/16/2017 09:38 AM, Davanum Srinivas wrote:
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> > See $TITLE :)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dims
>>
>> I'd rather avoid #openstack-tc and just use #openstack-dev.
>> #openstack-dev is pretty low used environment (compared to like
>> #openstack-infra or #openstack-nova). I've personally been trying to
>> make it my go to way to hit up members of other teams whenever instead
>> of diving into project specific channels, because typically it means we
>> can get a broader conversation around the item in question.
>>
>> Our fragmentation of shared understanding on many issues is definitely
>> exacerbated by many project channels, and the assumption that people
>> need to watch 20+ different channels, with different context, to stay up
>> on things.
>>
>> I would love us to have the problem that too many interesting topics are
>> being discussed in #openstack-dev that we feel the need to parallelize
>> them with a different channel. But I would say we should wait until
>> that's actually a problem.
>>
>>     -Sean
>
> +1, let's start with just the -dev channel and see if volume becomes
> an issue.

+1 my preference is to just start with the -dev channel, and see how we go.

+1 all the comments about the history and the discussion needing to be
summarised via ML/gerrit anyway. We can link to the logs of the -dev
channel for the "raw" discussion.

Thanks,
johnthetubaguy



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