On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Monty Taylor <mord...@inaugust.com> wrote:
> I do not like how we are selecting names for our releases right now. > The current process is autocratic and opaque and not fun - which is the > exact opposite of what a community selected name should be. > > ++ > I propose: > > * As soon as development starts on release X, we open the voting for the > name of release X+1 (we're working on Kilo now, we should have known the > name of L at the K summit) > > * Anyone can nominate a name - although we do suggest that something at > least related to the location of the associated summit would be nice > > * We condorcet vote on the entire list of nominated names > > * After we have the winning list, the foundation trademark checks the name > > * If there is a trademark issue (and only a trademark issue - not a > "marketing doesn't like the name" issue) we'll move down to the next > name on the list > > Huge +1 here. > If we cannot have this process be completely open and democratic, then > what the heck is the point of having our massive meritocracy in the > first place? There's a lot of overhead we deal with by being a > leaderless collective you know - we should occasionally get to have fun > with it. > > Agree with all your points Monty. This puts naming into the hands of the individual foundation members. Seems like it should be there. > Monty > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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 >
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