Open Stack

Hayes, Graham wrote:
> [...]
> The point is that we were supposed to be a level field as a community
> but if we have examples like this, there is not a level playing field.

While I generally agree on your goals here (avoid special-casing some 
projects in generic support projects like Tempest), I want to clarify 
what we meant by "level playing field" in a recent resolution.

This was meant as a level playing field for contributors within a 
project, not a level playing field between projects. The idea is that 
any contributor joining any OpenStack project should not be technically 
limited compared to other contributors on the same project. So, no 
"secret sauce" that only a subset of developers on a project have access to.

I think I understand where you're gong when you say that all projects 
should have equal chances, but keep in mind that (1) projects should not 
really "compete" against each other (but rather all projects should 
contribute to the success of OpenStack as a whole) and (2) some 
OpenStack projects will always be more equal than others (for example we 
require that every project integrates with Keystone, and I don't see 
that changing).

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)