[tc] Project repository namespaces
Matthew Thode
mthode at mthode.org
Mon Mar 18 21:18:24 UTC 2019
On 19-03-18 16:49:47, Jim Rollenhagen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With OpenDev needing to change git URLs for all projects, we have an
> opportunity to change how we namespace projects that are currently under
> the "openstack" namespace.[0]
>
> I've heard a few options thrown out:
>
> 1) Keep everything the same. This is the easiest option for everybody, but
> keeps our current confusion of what is officially OpenStack, and what is
> not.
>
> 2) Move unofficial projects to "stackforge" or some other namespace, which
> is
> only a small amount of work to list the repositories, but probably a
> large
> amount of bikeshedding^Wdiscussion to come up with a name.
>
> 3) Do (2), but also namespace the OpenStack projects in a more fine-grained
> manner, by project team. For example: nova/nova, ironic/bifrost, etc.
> This is a larger chunk of work, but looks a bit nicer. Also makes it
> easier
> to move a project out of OpenStack later, as we don't have to move
> namespaces. This has an open question of whether we use one large
> namespace
> for unofficial projects, or give them each their own. It also has a
> downside
> of making more effort to move a repository between project teams, though
> I think that's fairly rare.
>
> 4) ??
>
> I personally like (2) or (3), but would like to hear from the rest of the
> community. I'll propose a governance resolution after the discussion here,
> and we can follow from there with whatever else needs to be done.
>
> // jim
>
> [0]
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2019-March/003603.html
I like option 3, with it you get things like
openstack-ansible/os_nova instead of openstack-ansible-os_nova. It
works for things like ironic/ironic-lib and the like as well. I'd
settle for option 2 if needed.
--
Matthew Thode
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