Jay said it all. I look forward to Marconi's graduation day and I see good things. :)
Excerpts from Jay Pipes's message of 2014-03-20 16:18:37 -0700: > This is a very mature stance and well-written email. Thanks, Flavio and > all of the Marconi team for having thick skin and responding to the > various issues professionally. > > Cheers, > -jay > > On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 23:59 +0100, Flavio Percoco wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I'm sending this email on behalf of Marconi's team. > > > > As you already know, we submitted our graduation request a couple of > > weeks ago and the meeting was held on Tuesday, March 18th. During the > > meeting very important questions and issues were raised that made > > us think and analyse our current situation and re-think about what > > the best for OpenStack and Marconi would be in this very moment. > > > > After some considerations, we've reached the conclusion that this is > > probably not the right time for this project to graduate and that > > it'll be fruitful for the project and the OpenStack community if we > > take another development cycle before coming out from incubation. Here > > are some things we took under consideration: > > > > 1. It's still not clear to the overall community what the goals of > > the project are. It is not fair for Marconi as a project nor for > > OpenStack as a community to move forward with this integration when > > there are still open questions about the project goals. > > > > 2. Some critical issues came out of our attempt to have a gate job. > > For the team, the project and the community this is a very critical > > point. We've managed to have the gate working but we're still not > > happy with the results. > > > > 3. The drivers currently supported by the project don't cover some > > important cases related to deploying it. One of them solves a > > licensing issue but introduces a scale issue whereas the other one > > solves the scale issue and introduces a licensing issue. Moreover, > > these drivers have created quite a confusion with regards to what the > > project goal's are too. > > > > 4. We've seen the value - and believe in it - of OpenStack's > > incubation period. During this period, the project has gained > > maturity in its API, supported drivers and integration with the > > overall community. > > > > 5. Several important questions were brought up in the recent ML > > discussions. These questions take time, effort but also represent a > > key point in the support, development and integration of the project > > with the rest of OpenStack. We'd like to dedicate to this questions > > the time they deserve. > > > > 6. There are still some open questions in the OpenStack community > > related to the graduation requirements and the required supported > > technologies of integrated projects. > > > > Based on the aforementioned points, the team would like to withdraw > > the graduation request and remain an incubated project for one > > more development cycle. > > > > During the upcoming months, the team will focus on solving the issues > > that arose as part of last Tuesday's meeting. If possible, we would > > like to request a meeting where we can discuss with the TC - and > > whoever wants to participate - a set of *most pressing issues* that > > should be solved before requesting another graduation meeting. The > > team will be focused on solving those issues and other issues down > > that road. > > > > Although the team believes in the project's technical maturity, we think > > this is what is best for OpenStack and the project itself > > community-wise. The open questions are way too important for the team > > and the community and they shouldn't be ignored nor rushed. > > > > I'd also like to thank the team and the overall community. The team > > for its hard work during the last cycle and the community for being there > > and providing such important feedback in this process. We look forward > > to see Marconi graduating from incubation. > > > > Bests, > > Marconi's team. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenStack-dev mailing list > > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
