Hi, To date, Zuul has (perhaps rightly) often been seen as an OpenStack-specific tool. That's only natural since we created it explicitly to solve problems we were having in scaling the testing of OpenStack. Nevertheless, it is useful far beyond OpenStack, and even before v3, it has found adopters elsewhere. Though as we talk to more people about adopting it, it is becoming clear that the less experience they have with OpenStack, the more likely they are to perceive that Zuul isn't made for them.
At the same time, the OpenStack Foundation has identified a number of strategic focus areas related to open infrastructure in which to invest. CI/CD is one of these. The OpenStack project infrastructure team, the Zuul team, and the Foundation staff recently discussed these issues and we feel that establishing Zuul as its own top-level project with the support of the Foundation would benefit everyone. It's too early in the process for me to say what all the implications are, but here are some things I feel confident about: * The folks supporting the Zuul running for OpenStack will continue to do so. We love OpenStack and it's just way too fun running the world's most amazing public CI system to do anything else. * Zuul will be independently promoted as a CI/CD tool. We are establishing our own website and mailing lists to facilitate interacting with folks who aren't otherwise interested in OpenStack. You can expect to hear more about this over the coming months. * We will remain just as open as we have been -- the "four opens" are intrinsic to what we do. As a first step in this process, I have proposed a change[1] to remove Zuul from the list of official OpenStack projects. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to discuss them here, or privately contact me or the Foundation staff. -Jim [1] https://review.openstack.org/552637 __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
