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On 22/09/14 03:05 PM, James E. Blair wrote:
> I would like to announce my candidacy for the Infrastructure PTL.
> 
> I have developed and operated the project infrastructure for several
> years and have been honored to serve as the PTL for the Juno cycle.
> 
> I was instrumental not only in creating the project gating system and
> development process, but also in scaling it from three projects to 400.
> 
> During the Juno cycle, we have just started on a real effort to make the
> project infrastructure consumable in its own right.  There is a lot of
> interest from downstream consumers of our tools but our infrastructure
> is not set up for that kind of re-use.  We're slowly changing that so
> that people who run infrastructure systems similar to ours can
> contribute back upstream just like any other OpenStack project.
> 
> I am anticipating a number of changes to the OpenStack project that are
> related: the further acceptance of a "Big Tent", and changes to the
> gating structure to accommodate it.  I believe that changes to our
> testing methodology, including a smaller integrated gate and more
> functional testing which we outlined at the QA/Infra sprint fit right
> into that.  These are multi-release efforts, and I am looking forward to
> continuing them in Kilo.
> 
> All of these efforts mean a lot of new people working on a lot of new
> areas of the Infrastructure program in parallel.  A big part of the work
> in the next cycle will be helping to coordinate those efforts and make
> the Infrastructure program a little less monolithic to support all of
> this work.
> 
> I am thrilled to be a part of one of the most open free software project
> infrastructures, and I would very much like to continue to serve as its
> PTL.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
> 
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