[TripleO] criteria for deprecating services

Emilien Macchi emilien at redhat.com
Mon Mar 4 13:59:04 UTC 2019


On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 7:43 AM James Slagle <james.slagle at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]

I'd propose something slightly different. We start a
> spreadsheet/wiki/git doc/whatever with a list of all the services and
> specific maintainers. Each service must have at least one maintainer.
> For those services that don't have a maintainer, they are deprecated.
>

I like the idea of ownership.


> That's the only requirement...there must be at least one specific
> person who has volunteered to maintain the service, which includes all
> t-h-t, puppet, packaging, and CI (if applicable). If the service is
> not maintained then it's deprecated and will then be removed.
>
> That way, there is a very straightforward path to avoid service
> deprecation...maintain it.
>
> Also, folks who generally maintain CI and packaging and keep things
> running smoothly for the rest of us don't have to worry about
> individual services that may or may not be maintained. If a service is
> causing issues and it's documented as being maintained (but it's
> actually not), then anyone can propose its deprecation as a way to
> come to consensus on its actual state.
>

Thanks, I think this is a sane proposal.
-- 
Emilien Macchi
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