Excerpts from Erno Kuvaja's message of 2016-08-11 13:59:54 +0100: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Doug Hellmann <d...@doughellmann.com> wrote: > > Excerpts from Erno Kuvaja's message of 2016-08-11 12:26:59 +0100: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> As follow up on the mailing list discussion [0], gerrit activity > >> [1][2] and cinder 3rd party CI policy [3] I'd like to initiate > >> discussion how Cinder follows, or rather does not follow, the standard > >> deprecation policy [4] as the project has been tagged on the assert > >> page [5]. > >> > >> I'm not here to argue about the justification or rightfulness of the > >> Cinder policy regarding the drivers with 3rd party CI. (quite frankly > >> I think the Cinder policy makes lots of sense and thus propose the > >> removal of the tag rather than change of that policy) Just stating the > >> obvious that the Cinder policy does not comply with the > >> follows-standard-deprecation and thus the tag should be removed from > >> Cinder. > >> > >> Best, > >> Erno (jokke) Kuvaja > >> > >> [0] > >> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-August/100717.html > >> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/348032/ > >> [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/348042/ > >> [3] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Cinder/tested-3rdParty-drivers > >> [4] > >> https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html#requirements > >> [5] > >> https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html#application-to-current-projects > >> > > > > Can you be more specific about what you mean? Are you saying that > > the policy isn't being followed because the drivers were removed > > without a deprecation period, or is there something else to it? > > > > Doug > > > > Yes, that's how I see it. Cinder's own policy is that the drivers can > be removed without any warning to the consumers while the standard > deprecation policy defines quite strict lines about informing the > consumer of the functionality deprecation before it gets removed. > > - Erno >
Those policies do seem to be in conflict. We should consider whether it makes sense to adjust Cinder's policy on drivers or remove the stable tag. I've added "[stable]" to the subject to get the stable team's input. I think Tony's TZ means he's likely at the end of his day already, by maybe some other members of the team will have something to add. Doug __________________________________________________________________________ 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
