[tc][infra] When a project leaves OpenStack

Zane Bitter zbitter at redhat.com
Fri Mar 22 17:16:03 UTC 2019


On 15/03/19 6:57 PM, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> With the "namespace explosion" coming in OpenDev, however, there's
> another option open to us. We could require that any development
> which continues after removal from OpenStack be done as a fork of
> the original. In theory we could have done that even with one common
> namespace, by requiring projects to either cease using this
> infrastructure entirely or change their name. Neither of these
> options is especially desirable. Now, however, we might consider
> allowing them to continue in the same infrastructure under the same
> repository name but in a different namespace. We would effectively
> close down development on the original repository following our
> normal retirement process, but could optionally also include a note
> mentioning where continued development is known to be taking place
> instead.

I believe this is the correct approach. We should be keeping our 
trademark as far away as possible from projects we have no control over.

- ZB



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