[winstackers][powervmstackers][tc] removing winstackers and PowerVMStackers from TC governance
Thierry Carrez
thierry at openstack.org
Fri Sep 6 09:05:16 UTC 2019
Divya K Konoor wrote:
> Missing the deadline for a PTL nomination cannot be the reason for
> removing governance.
I agree with that, but missing the deadline twice in a row is certainly
a sign of some disconnect with the rest of the OpenStack community.
Project teams require a minimal amount of reactivity and presence, so it
is fair to question whether PowerVMStackers should continue as a project
team in the future.
> PowerVMStackers continue to be an active project
> and would want to be continued to be governed under OpenStack. For PTL,
> an eligible candidate can still be appointed .
There is another option, to stay under OpenStack governance but without
the constraints of a full project team: PowerVMStackers could be made an
OpenStack SIG.
I already proposed that 6 months ago (last time there was no PTL nominee
for the team), on the grounds that interest in PowerVM was clearly a
special interest, and a SIG might be a better way to regroup people
interested in supporting PowerVM in OpenStack.
The objection back then was that PowerVMStackers maintained a number of
PowerVM-related code, plugins and drivers that should ideally be adopted
by their consuming project teams (nova, neutron, ceilometer), and that
making it a SIG would endanger that adoption process.
I still think it makes sense to consider PowerVMStackers as a Special
Interest Group. As long as the PowerVM-related code is not adopted by
the consuming projects, it is arguably a special interest, and not a
completely-integrated part of OpenStack components.
The only difference in being a SIG (compared to being a project team)
would be to reduce the amount of mandatory tasks (like designating a PTL
every 6 months). You would still be able to own repositories, get room
at OpenStack events, vote on TC election...
It would seem to be the best solution in your case.
--
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
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