<div dir="ltr">Culture wise, being too IRC-centric is definitely not helping, from my own experience getting new Cyborg developer joining our weekly meeting from China. Well we could always argue it is part of a open source/hacker culture and preferable to commercial solutions that have the constant risk of suddenly being shut down someday. But as OpenStack becomes more commercialized and widely adopted, we should be aware that more and more (potential) contributors will come from the groups who are used to non-strictly open source environment, such as product develop team which relies on a lot of "closed source" but easy to use softwares.<div><br></div><div>The change ? Use more video conferences, and more commercial tools that preferred in certain region. Stop being allergic to non-open source softwares and bring more capable but not hacker culture inclined contributors to the community.<br><div><br></div><div>I know this is not a super welcomed stance in the open source hacker culture. But if we want OpenStack to be able to sustain more developers and not have a mid-life crisis then got fringed, we need to start changing the hacker mindset.</div><div><br></div><div>Another important thing, as I stated in the previous email, is that OpenStack should keep explore new technology directions and TC should take the lead position on it. No matter how good we could facilitate the contributors, a stale community cannot win more contributors. I'm against hype like any other, but reluctant or lazy on innovation is another thing and will cost the community to lose more and more existing and potential contributors.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:06 PM, Doug Hellmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doug@doughellmann.com" target="_blank">doug@doughellmann.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">[This is meant to be one of (I hope) several conversation-provoking<br>
questions directed at prospective TC members to help the community<br>
understand their positions before considering how to vote in the<br>
ongoing election.]<br>
<br>
Over the last year we have seen some contraction in the number of<br>
companies and individuals contributing to OpenStack. At the same<br>
time we have started seeing contributions from other companies and<br>
individuals. To some degree this contraction and shift in contributor<br>
base is a natural outcome of changes in OpenStack itself along with<br>
the rest of the technology industry, but as with any change it<br>
raises questions about how and whether we can ensure a smooth<br>
transition to a new steady state.<br>
<br>
What aspects of our policies or culture make contributing to OpenStack<br>
more difficult than contributing to other open source projects?<br>
<br>
Which of those would you change, and how?<br>
<br>
Where else should we be looking for contributors?<br>
<br>
Doug<br>
<br>
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