On 05/04/2020 01:52, Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
As we are in the campaigning phase of the TC election, where we start the debate on few topics. This is one of the topics where I would like to start the debate.
First off, I'd like to thank all the candidates for showing interest to be part of or continuing as TC.
What you think we should and must improve in TC ? This can be the involvement of TC in the process from the governance point of view or technical help for each project. Few of the question is below but feel free to add your improvement points.
- Do we have too much restriction on project sides and not giving them a free hand? If yes, what we can improve and how?
Controversial, but I think we did give too much freedom, but the cat is out of the bag now, and it is never going back in. If we look at the discussions recently about what projects don't like they are things that unfortunately impact on users, and give the impression that OpenStack is more disjointed than it really is. Would I love to have a unified CLI that didn't need a decoder ring?[1] 100% Yes. Do I understand why projects push back on using it? Yes (and I once pushed back against the project I was working on using it for other reasons.) Where we are now, we don't have the developers to massive restructure all of OpenStack inside a 6 month release, so we need to find balances and I think this is where the TC can add value, and help push the community and project forward.
- Is there less interaction from TC with projects? I am sure few projects/members even do not know even what TC is for? What's your idea to solve this.
Yes, but I think that is a sign of the times. We have less rapid evolution in the projects that causes the TC to help out, which drops interaction. Worryingly, I think we are also seeing projects slowing down interaction with the community as a whole - we are in a weird situation globally, so that could have caused it, but if we look at the amount of projects that missed the deadline for PTL nominations, it shows a worrying trend.
-gmann