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

Slawek Kaplonski skaplons at redhat.com
Fri Jan 29 14:55:06 UTC 2021


Hi,

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 02:16:33PM -0600, Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
> 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.

After discussion with Neutron drivers team I just applied for this patch for
Neutron project [1]. Please let me know if I should add/change something there.

[1] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/773090
> 
> -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
>  > 
> 

-- 
Slawek Kaplonski
Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat
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