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On 15/11/2014 1:46 am, "Jeremy Stanley" <<a href="mailto:fungi@yuggoth.org">fungi@yuggoth.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> the truth is that work on these projects is entirely<br>
> voluntary and we have no effective way to enforce a decree like<br>
> that.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I don't think that's entirely correct. A large, potentially overwhelming, majority of committers seem to be paid to work on OpenStack. Proof of this is that we manage to commit to and deliver a large number of features according to a rigorous schedule.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I do agree that we do not have a way to enforce this but the community could find one, I'm sure. The community is bound by its own rules and needs to decide whether retiring technical debt is a priority. If it is, then a means of commitment to that goal must be established. That will slow down feature development since the resource pool is finite, and that is no bad thing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Also, because English is a terribly, terribly nuanced language, I<br>
> actually read that "may" as granting permission, not stating an<br>
> optional imperative in the RFC sense.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And that is correct but it isn't desirable, at least not to me.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Roland</p>