[OpenStack-DefCore] PLEASE DISCUSS (or +1) Designated Sections Principles [No Meeting on Friday]
Joshua McKenty
joshua at pistoncloud.com
Thu Aug 7 07:18:26 UTC 2014
+1
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> On Aug 7, 2014, at 12:03 AM, <Rob_Hirschfeld at Dell.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> We did not get critical mass on the doodle calendars to justify a meeting. I am planning a meeting next Thursday (10 am?) to draft the strawman. I’ll be in SF and looking for a location (South Bay is ok).
>
> Josh and I have the following proposal for “designated sections principles” based on the TC’s original document:
>
> Should be DESIGNATED:
> Should NOT be DESIGNATED:
> § code provides the project external REST API, or
> § code is shared and provides common functionality for all options, or
> § code implements logic that is critical for cross-platform operation
> § code interfaces to vendor-specific functions, or
> § project design explicitly intended this section to be replaceable, or
> § code extends the project external REST API in a new or different way, or
> § code is being deprecated
>
> There are three important additions to these 7 points:
>
> 1) unless code is designated, it is assumed to be undesignated. As usual, we have a preference for smaller core.
> 2) If the community cannot reach a fast consensus about designation then code is considered undesignated. Excepting obvious trolling, this prevents endless wrangling. If there’s a true difference of opinion then we default to undesignated.
> 3) Loose descriptions of designated sections are acceptable. The goal is guidance on where we want upstream contributions not a code inspection police state.
>
>
> Rob
> ______________________________
> Rob Hirschfeld
> Sr. Distinguished Cloud Solution Architect
> Dell | Cloud Edge, Data Center Solutions
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