[tc] Project repository namespaces

Matthew Thode mthode at mthode.org
Mon Mar 18 23:19:53 UTC 2019


On 19-03-18 16:18:24, Matthew Thode wrote:
> On 19-03-18 16:49:47, Jim Rollenhagen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > With OpenDev needing to change git URLs for all projects, we have an
> > opportunity to change how we namespace projects that are currently under
> > the "openstack" namespace.[0]
> > 
> > I've heard a few options thrown out:
> > 
> > 1) Keep everything the same. This is the easiest option for everybody, but
> >    keeps our current confusion of what is officially OpenStack, and what is
> >    not.
> > 
> > 2) Move unofficial projects to "stackforge" or some other namespace, which
> > is
> >    only a small amount of work to list the repositories, but probably a
> > large
> >    amount of bikeshedding^Wdiscussion to come up with a name.
> > 
> > 3) Do (2), but also namespace the OpenStack projects in a more fine-grained
> >    manner, by project team. For example: nova/nova, ironic/bifrost, etc.
> >    This is a larger chunk of work, but looks a bit nicer. Also makes it
> > easier
> >    to move a project out of OpenStack later, as we don't have to move
> >    namespaces. This has an open question of whether we use one large
> > namespace
> >    for unofficial projects, or give them each their own. It also has a
> > downside
> >    of making more effort to move a repository between project teams, though
> >    I think that's fairly rare.
> > 
> > 4) ??
> > 
> > I personally like (2) or (3), but would like to hear from the rest of the
> > community. I'll propose a governance resolution after the discussion here,
> > and we can follow from there with whatever else needs to be done.
> > 
> > // jim
> > 
> > [0]
> > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2019-March/003603.html
> 
> I like option 3, with it you get things like
> openstack-ansible/os_nova instead of openstack-ansible-os_nova.  It
> works for things like ironic/ironic-lib and the like as well.  I'd
> settle for option 2 if needed.
> 

Thinking more on it I think we could do option 3 but have the repo moves
be ad-hoc, or perhaps at some redefined point in the cycle (at branch
time or something).  That should make it easier to do the move.

-- 
Matthew Thode
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