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On 15/02/17 23:04, Alexandra Settle wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/15/17, 12:58 PM, "Andreas Jaeger" <aj at suse.com> wrote:
> 
>     [redirecting to openstack-docs for a question]
>     
>     On 2017-02-15 13:43, Thomas Goirand  wrote:
>     > Hi there,
>     > 
>     > It's been a while since I planed on writing this message. I couldn't
>     > write it because the situation makes me really sad. At this point, it
>     > starts to be urgent to post it.
>     > 
>     > As for many other folks, Mirantis decided to end its contract with me.
>     > This happened when I was the most successful doing the job, with all of
>     > the packaging CI moved to OpenStack infra at the end of the OpenStack
>     > Newton cycle, after we were able to release Newton this way. I was
>     > hoping to start packaging on every commit for Ocata. That's yet another
>     > reason for me to be very frustrated about all of this. Such is life...
>     > 
>     > Over the last few months, I hoped for having enough strengths to
>     > continue my packaging work anyway, and get Ocata packages done. But
>     > that's not what happened. The biggest reason for this is that I know
>     > that this needs to be a full time job. And at this point, I still don't
>     > know what my professional future will be. A company, in Barcelona, told
>     > me I'd get hired to continue my past work of packaging OpenStack in
>     > Debian, but so far, I'm still waiting for a definitive answer, so I'm
>     > looking into some other opportunities.
>     > 
>     > All this to say that, unless someone wants to hire me for it (which
>     > would be the best outcome, but I fear this wont happen), or if someone
>     > steps in (this seems unlikely at this point), both the packaging-deb and
>     > the faith of OpenStack packages in Debian are currently compromised.
>     > 
>     > I will continue to maintain OpenStack Newton during the lifetime of
>     > Debian Stretch though, but I don't plan on doing anything more. This
>     > means that maybe, Newton will be the last release of OpenStack in
>     > Debian. If things continue this way, I probably will ask for the removal
>     > of all OpenStack packages from Debian Sid after Stretch gets released
>     > (unless I know that someone will do the work).
>     
>     Thomas,
>     
>     this is sad to hear.
>     
>     Regarding the Install Guides for Debian for *Ocata*. I expect we should
>     not publish them at all for Ocata, correct?
>     
>     All the best for you!
>     
>     Andreas
>     
> I too am sorry to hear of this, Thomas :( thank you for all the hard work you have done – it has been appreciated.
> All the best in your future endeavors. 
> 
> Andreas – I suspect you would be correct. I know we are already struggling to find the resources to test the other packages.
> Lana – this one is your call.

I replied on the docs ML, but to try and cover all my bases: let's not publish Debian or Debconf for Ocata (we don't have packages, after all, let alone testing). We will, of course, keep the older versions up until they EOL.

Zigo: thank you for pushing us to get the Debian guides to be treated as first class citizens. OpenStack is better because of the work you did. All the best for whatever the next step ends up being in your big adventure.

Lana


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Lana Brindley
Technical Writer
Rackspace Cloud Builders Australia
http://lanabrindley.com

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