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 > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators at lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-operators/attachments/20150505/f54bf344/attachment.html>