There is interesting and useful discussion in the governance patches posted by Kristi. I strongly recommend folks take a look and participate. The more independent opinions we get, the better off the end result will be. Thanks, Jay Faulkner TC Member On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 4:25 PM Nikolla, Kristi <knikolla at bu.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > There have been quite a few discussions related extended maintenance in > the last few months[0][1]. > > I have made a first-go at trying to write a policy for extended > maintenance moving forward which tries to preserve the value being brought > by extended maintenance while strengthening the requirements for keeping > branches under that phase. [2] > This was based on multiple discussions that I was present at and feedback > that I have received from various teams and community members with which I > talked, and is my interpretation of that feedback into something that looks > like policy. > > I have also written two opposing policy proposals about what do to with > the current branches under extended maintenance. One which attempts to > apply the new requirements defined in the first proposal almost > immediately[3], and one that aims for a more gradual EOL[4]. > > Please provide feedback on the proposals and help shape up the future of > extended maintenance. > > Thank you, > Kristi Nikolla > > [0]. > https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2023-June/033980.html > [1]. https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/vancouver-2023-em > [2]. https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/887966 > [3]. https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/887968 > [4]. https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/887969 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/attachments/20230711/94dfeacb/attachment.htm>