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Thomas,

A couple if those appear to be managed by the OpenStack community (e.g.
diskimage-builder), which likely should be included in either case.  I
would say if it is covered under the OpenStack proper list of git repos
(e.g. https://github.com/openstack ) it should likely be included for
packaging ?if it requires packaging).  With that being said, I agree that
it make sense for other (non-openstack) libraries to be added carefully
late in the cycle.  Perhaps the best would be to limit additions to prior
to the release Feature-Freeze.

Cheers,
Morgan Fainberg

On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Thomas Goirand wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Short version: the global-requirements.txt should be frozen asap because
> otherwise, packages wont be ready.
>
> Longer version:
>
> I'm getting worried that, even after Havana b3 is released, we are still
> getting some new Python modules added to the requirements repository.
>
> In Debian, every new package has to go through a review process, called
> the NEW queue. FTP masters review both the freeness of a package, the
> exactitude of debian/copyright, and the general packaging quality.
> Unfortunately, this review process can take a lot of time. At best, it
> is processed within a week (which is what happened for more than a year
> before November 2012), but in the worse case, it could take up to a
> month or 2 (this was the case up to the end of last summer, thanks to
> new manpower in the FTP team).
>
> So I need to point it out: adding new Python modules at the end of a
> release adds more risk that I will be missing some Python modules within
> the Debian archive when Havana will be released.
>
> I wouldn't have to write this mail if this was only a single module or
> something. Though that's not the case, we have 4 packages added this
> last week:
> - falcon
> - diskimage-builder
> - tripleo-image-elements
> - sphinxcontrib-programoutput
>
> I do understand that they might be absolutely needed, though it would be
> nice if additions to the global-requirements.txt file stopped at some
> point. And as far as I am concerned, the sooner the better, so that
> there's enough time to get the packages packaged, checked and tested,
> uploaded, approved by the FTP masters, and ready in time in Sid.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas
>
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