The proposal talks about a "Apache Listing Repository" and discusses choices of where to host it. The proposal should remove "Apache" from that description.
I agree with the sentiment in this thread: the ACS git repository is not the right place to have these listings. On 12/14/12 6:08 AM, "Hugo Trippaers" <htrippa...@schubergphilis.com> wrote: >Heya, > >Getting a bit late into the discussion here, but i agree with Chip here. > >I'm already uncomfortable with the idea for a marketplace inside >CloudStack, but providing just the features allow some external party (or >parties) to set something up should be ok. But neither the ASF nor we as >a community should maintain such a marketplace. We as a community are >responsible for maintaining and distributing the CloudStack source code, >initiatives like a market place seem better suited to a commercial entity >or another group that is not directly related to maintaining the source >code of CloudStack. > >Cheers, > >Hugo > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:25 PM >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CloudStack Marketplace Update >> >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Chip Childers >> <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: >> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Jie Feng <jie.f...@citrix.com> wrote: >> >> Comments inline. >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: John Kinsella [mailto:j...@stratosec.co] >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:12 PM >> >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> >>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CloudStack Marketplace Update >> >>> >> >>> Repeating my previous comments - if Citrix wants to host a >> >>> repository of images for a CloudStack Marketplace, they can do >> >>> whatever they wish. These should not be listed in the default ACS >>install. >> >>> >> >>> Please remember Apache CloudStack != Citrix. >> >> >> >> I am talking about an Apache listing repository. I am using Citrix >>as an >> example. All of our committers who work with CloudStack partners can >>bring >> in our validated partner listings. I am simply trying to leverage what >>we are >> already doing outside of the community and bring the benefits in. >> > >> > -1 (binding) >> > >> > I am not confortable with the Apache CloudStack project making any >> > assumptions about external organizations, and their various >> > "certification" programs. Organizations have no standing with the >> > ASF, and therefore the employer of our contributors should not affect >> > their trust of some external organization for project purposes. >> > >> > At a bare minimum, if this marketplace idea is to move forward, we >> > need to think about it in terms of code that can be used to provide >> > marketplace services, but not as an "Apache" service. >> > >> >> Do folks want to discuss how to resolve the blocker concerns here?
