On 30 Nov 2011 - 13:57, Loic Dachary wrote: > Hi, > > TL;DR summary: The resources needed to do that properly are bigger > > than you think (and doing that will alienate some distro packaging > > resources), so we'll either do a terrible job at it, or lose focus > > on the development release. If there is a need, it should be done as > > an alternate distribution, not inside the OpenStack project. > > > > As Julien Danjou wrote, we ( OpenStack Debian GNU/Linux packagers [1]) > discussed your mail. We are comfortable with the idea that OpenStack > focuses on development and that packaging is left to the packagers > involved in each distribution. > > Packaging related patches from Julien Danjou were recently accepted > upstream (https://review.openstack.org/#dashboard,1669). This is the > kind of cooperation that makes it possible to maintain packages > matching the Debian GNU/Linux quality standard. We are confident in > our ability to provide stable packages in the future. > > OpenStack packaging is not an easy task. It currently fits nicely in > Debian GNU/Linux. However, as it evolves towards a system widely used > in production, it will face new challenges and the communities > working on packaging for each distribution will provide valuable > input to developers. Creating a "packaging team" with representatives > for each distribution and electing someone to represent them in the > Policy Board could achieve this.
Very +1. d > Cheers > > [1] PKG OpenStack page : > https://alioth.debian.org/projects/openstack/and corresponding > packages: > http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=openstack-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?packages=nova > http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?packages=glance > > > > begin:vcard > fn:Loic Dachary > n:Dachary;Loic > org:Artisan Logiciel Libre > adr:;;12 bd Magenta;Paris;;75010;France > email;internet:l...@dachary.org > title:Senior Developer > tel;work:+33 4 84 25 08 05 > tel;home:+33 9 51 18 43 38 > tel;cell:+33 6 64 03 29 07 > note:Born 131414404 before EPOCH. > url:http://dachary.org/ > version:2.1 > end:vcard > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
