Open Stack

Le 18/12/2013 16:37, Steven Dake a écrit :
>
> In the early days of incubation requests, I got the distinct 
> impression managers at companies believed that actually getting a 
> project incubated in OpenStack was not possible, even though it was 
> sparsely documented as an option.  Maybe things are different now that 
> a few projects have actually run the gauntlet of incubation and proven 
> that it can be done ;)   (see ceilometer, heat as early examples).
>
> But I can tell you one thing for certain, an actual incubation 
> commitment from the OpenStack Technical Committee has a huge impact - 
> it says "Yes we think this project has great potential for improving 
> OpenStack's scope in a helpful useful way and we plan to support the 
> program to make it happen".  Without that commitment, managers at 
> companies have a harder time justifying R&D expenses.
>
> That is why I am not a big fan of approach #3 - companies are unlikely 
> to commit without a commitment from the TC first ;-) (see chicken/egg 
> in your original argument ;)
>
> We shouldn't be afraid of a project failing to graduate to 
> Integrated.  Even though it hasn't happened yet, it will undoubtedly 
> happen at some point in the future.  We have a way for projects to 
> leave incubation if they fail to become a strong emergent system, as 
> described in option #2.
>
> Regards
> -steve


Thanks Steven for the story. Based on your comments, I would change my 
vote to #2 as it sounds like the most practical approach.

-Sylvain