[tc][all][ptl] Encouraging projects to apply for tag 'assert:supports-api-interoperability'

Ghanshyam Mann gmann at ghanshyammann.com
Wed Jan 13 20:16:33 UTC 2021


Bumping this email in case you missed this during holiday time. 

There are many projects that are eligible for this tag, requesting you to start the
application review to governance.

-gmann


 ---- On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:42:53 -0600 Ghanshyam Mann <gmann at ghanshyammann.com> wrote ----
 > Hello Everyone,
 > 
 > TC defined a tag for API interoperability (cover both stable and compatible APIs) called
 > 'assert:supports-api-interoperability' which assert on API won’t break any users when they
 > upgrade a cloud or start using their code on a new OpenStack cloud. 
 > 
 > Basically, Projects will not change (or remove) an API in a way that will break existing users
 > of an API. We have updated the tag documentation to clarify its definition and requirements.
 > 
 > If your projects follow the API interoperability guidelines[1] and some API versioning mechanism
 > that does not need to be microversion then you should start thinking to apply for this tag. The
 > complete requirements can be found here[2].
 > 
 > Currently, only nova has this tag but I am sure many projects are eligible for this, and TC encourage
 > them to apply for this.  
 > 
 > [1]  https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/api-wg/guidelines/api_interoperability.html
 > [2] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/tags/assert_supports-api-interoperability.html
 > 
 > 
 > -gmann
 > 



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