Hi, > TL;DR summary: > The resources needed to do that properly are bigger than you think (and > doing that will alienate some distro packaging resources), so we'll > either do a terrible job at it, or lose focus on the development > release. If there is a need, it should be done as an alternate > distribution, not inside the OpenStack project. > As Julien Danjou wrote, we ( OpenStack Debian GNU/Linux packagers [1]) discussed your mail. We are comfortable with the idea that OpenStack focuses on development and that packaging is left to the packagers involved in each distribution. Packaging related patches from Julien Danjou were recently accepted upstream (https://review.openstack.org/#dashboard,1669). This is the kind of cooperation that makes it possible to maintain packages matching the Debian GNU/Linux quality standard. We are confident in our ability to provide stable packages in the future. OpenStack packaging is not an easy task. It currently fits nicely in Debian GNU/Linux. However, as it evolves towards a system widely used in production, it will face new challenges and the communities working on packaging for each distribution will provide valuable input to developers. Creating a "packaging team" with representatives for each distribution and electing someone to represent them in the Policy Board could achieve this. Cheers [1] PKG OpenStack page : https://alioth.debian.org/projects/openstack/and corresponding packages: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=openstack-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?packages=nova http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?packages=glance -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: loic.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 327 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20111130/e68564ba/attachment.vcf> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20111130/e68564ba/attachment.sig>