[tc][all][ptl] Encouraging projects to apply for tag 'assert:supports-api-interoperability'

Ghanshyam Mann gmann at ghanshyammann.com
Fri Jan 29 16:25:12 UTC 2021


 ---- On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:55:06 -0600 Slawek Kaplonski <skaplons at redhat.com> wrote ----
 > Hi,
 > 
 > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 02:16:33PM -0600, Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
 > > Bumping this email in case you missed this during holiday time. 
 > > 
 > > There are many projects that are eligible for this tag, requesting you to start the
 > > application review to governance.
 > 
 > After discussion with Neutron drivers team I just applied for this patch for
 > Neutron project [1]. Please let me know if I should add/change something there.

Thanks, Slawek, I will check and let you know if anything needed. 

-gmann

 > 
 > [1] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/773090
 > > 
 > > -gmann
 > > 
 > > 
 > >  ---- On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:42:53 -0600 Ghanshyam Mann <gmann at ghanshyammann.com> wrote ----
 > >  > Hello Everyone,
 > >  > 
 > >  > TC defined a tag for API interoperability (cover both stable and compatible APIs) called
 > >  > 'assert:supports-api-interoperability' which assert on API won’t break any users when they
 > >  > upgrade a cloud or start using their code on a new OpenStack cloud. 
 > >  > 
 > >  > Basically, Projects will not change (or remove) an API in a way that will break existing users
 > >  > of an API. We have updated the tag documentation to clarify its definition and requirements.
 > >  > 
 > >  > If your projects follow the API interoperability guidelines[1] and some API versioning mechanism
 > >  > that does not need to be microversion then you should start thinking to apply for this tag. The
 > >  > complete requirements can be found here[2].
 > >  > 
 > >  > Currently, only nova has this tag but I am sure many projects are eligible for this, and TC encourage
 > >  > them to apply for this.  
 > >  > 
 > >  > [1]  https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/api-wg/guidelines/api_interoperability.html
 > >  > [2] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/tags/assert_supports-api-interoperability.html
 > >  > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > -gmann
 > >  > 
 > > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Slawek Kaplonski
 > Principal Software Engineer
 > Red Hat
 > 



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