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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Is there something we can do about the “production line” changes like <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/q/Update+.gitignore+to+ignore+.idea+of+PyCharm">https://review.openstack.org/#/q/Update+.gitignore+to+ignore+.idea+of+PyCharm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These kinds of changes, and this is by no means the only one, are aimed at bringing ‘standardization’ to all OpenStack projects. Unfortunately, when all projects don’t agree with the attempt at standardization, we end up with a lack of standardization across OpenStack.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How do we go about handling these kinds of changes that are causing a fair amount of churn with little real benefit? Is there anything we can do or is the best recommendation that projects just grin and bear it?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-amrith <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>