Thank you for proposing these updates Sean. +1 on Immediate core removals: The mentioned cores were very valuable contributors in the past, but they don't have any new activity in the last few years. I agree that it will be good to do some cleanup now, and encourage new contributors to continue reviewing patches and join the core team in future cycles. +1 on new watcher-core addition: Joan's review activity in Watcher's repos[1] is consistent and has been very helpful, with many valuable comments, questions and code's change recommendations. He will be, for sure, a great addition to the core team and help us to land more patches that our current bandwidth allows us. Also, just want to highlight his recent work in the zone migration strategy and everything else related to storage model updates (collector and notifications). He found many issues in current implementation, reported many bugs found, proposed a lot of fixes and improvements to the code as well to the user and configuration documentation[2][3]. These proposals will be one of the first topics that we will be covering in the next Watcher Team Meeting, on Thursday Sep 11th at 12:00 PM UTC in #openstack-watcher channel[4]. Feel free to join us there. [1] https://openstack.biterg.io/app/dashboards#/view/95487340-6762-11e9-a198-67126215b112?_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-90d,to:now))&_a=(description:'Gerrit%20Approvals%20panel%20by%20Bitergia ',filters:!(('$state':(store:appState),meta:(alias:Bots,disabled:!f,index:gerrit,key:author_bot,negate:!t,params:(query:!t),type:phrase),query:(match:(author_bot:(query:!t,type:phrase)))),('$state':(store:appState),meta:(alias:!n,disabled:!f,index:gerrit,key:project,negate:!f,params:(query:watcher),type:phrase),query:(match_phrase:(project:watcher))),('$state':(store:appState),meta:(alias:!n,disabled:!f,index:gerrit,key:repository,negate:!t,params:(query:openstack%2Fwatcher-tempest-plugin),type:phrase),query:(match_phrase:(repository:openstack%2Fwatcher-tempest-plugin)))),fullScreenMode:!f,options:(darkTheme:!f,hidePanelTitles:!f,useMargins:!t),query:(language:lucene,query:''),timeRestore:!f,title:'Gerrit%20Approvals',viewMode:view) [2] https://review.opendev.org/q/owner:jgilaber@redhat.com [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/watcher/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=DEFERRED&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=jgilaber&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field.tag=&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on&search=Search [4] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack-watcher-irc-meeting#L28 On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM Sean Mooney <smooney@redhat.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing to propose some updates to the Watcher core team membership to ensure we maintain an active and engaged core review team.
## Proposed Removals (Immediate)
The following core reviewers have been inactive for an extended period and I propose to remove them from all Watcher core groups:
* Alexander Chadin (joker946@gmail.com) - last contribution: 26 Feb 2019
https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=joker946 < https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=joker946
* Vincent Françoise (Vincent.FRANCOISE@b-com.com) - last contribution: 15 Mar 2019
https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=vincent-francoise < https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=vincent-francoise
* YumengBao (yumeng_bao@yahoo.com) - last contribution: 09 Apr 2020
https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=yumeng-bao < https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=yumeng-bao
* aditi sharma (adi.sky17@gmail.com) - last contribution: 22 Nov 2018
https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=adi-sky17 < https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=adi-sky17
* licanwei (li.canwei2@zte.com.cn) - last contribution: 21 Jan 2021
https://www.stackalytics.io/?release=all&user_id=li-canwei2&module=watcher-group < https://www.stackalytics.io/?release=all&user_id=li-canwei2&module=watcher-group
* suzhengwei (sugar-2008@163.com) - last contribution: 13 Sep 2022
https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=sue.sam < https://www.stackalytics.io/?module=watcher-group&release=all&user_id=sue.sam
We want to thank all these contributors for their valuable work and contributions to the Watcher project over the years for there time and effort.
## Core Activity Notice (Removal planned for 2026.2)
The following core reviewers are currently showing low activity levels. We're providing advance notice that they will be removed from the core group at the start of the 2026.2 cycle unless they become active again during the 2026.1 cycle:
* chenker (chen.ke14@zte.com.cn) * Dan Smith (dms@danplanet.com) * Marios Andreou (marios.andreou@gmail.com) * Slawek Kaplonski (skaplons@redhat.com)
We recognize that over time priorities change, if you wish to maintain their core status and can re-engage or wish to be be removed before we review the core composition again at the start of 2026.2 just let us know.
## New Core Proposal
I would also like to propose adding jgilaber (jgilaber@redhat.com) as a new member of the watcher-core group, based on their recent contributions and engagement with the project.
## Timeline
These changes will take effect if there are no objections by our next Watcher IRC meeting on Thursday, September 11th, 2025.
Please share any feedback or concerns about these proposed changes.
Regards sean
-- Douglas Viroel - dviroel