[Openstack-operators] Tagging OpenStack projects with operational details

David Medberry openstack at medberry.net
Tue May 5 18:43:10 UTC 2015


I think since PHL many of us have been just waiting for info on how we can
participate and proceed. Happy to discuss further in YVR or just start
tagging...

-dave

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Stefano Maffulli <stefano at openstack.org>
wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> in PHL meeting the discussion on project tags[1] highlighted that
> operators are looking for answers to questions like:
>
>    * Are fixes backported? Or Consumes Master to get fixes?
>    * Is it packaged?
>    * Is it stable? Mature?
>    * is it tested in Tempest/Rally/whatever so I can test before I
> deploy changes?
>    * What API Version does it offer
>    * Is documentation available
>
> I think these questions come down to identifying a 'maturity model' or
> 'evaluation model' that can help people select OpenStack software to
> solve their needs.  The good news is that other communities have been in
> similar situation and looking at them can provide a path for us to
> follow (and mistakes to avoid).
>
> Apache and Polarsys (an Eclipse working group) have each developed a
> maturity model for their own purposes[2][3]. Each one is focused on
> relevant aspects to the respective community, but all are similar in how
> they are produced. One part of the model comes directly from metrics
> retrieved from repositories (such as this diversity metric, which we
> track with the diverse-affiliation tag[4]), a part needs human
> intervention (such as the release:managed or release:has-stable-branches
> which we add semi-manually [4]).
>
> I'd like to continue the conversation about an OpenStack Maturity Model
> that can be consumed by users downstream. Any suggestions on how to move
> this project forward?
>
> /stef
>
>
> [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PHL-ops-tags
> [2]
> https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html
> [3] http://dashboard.castalia.camp/documentation/ and
> https://polarsys.org/wiki/Maturity_Assessment_WG
> [4] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/179258/ and
> http://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/team_diverse-affiliatio
>
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