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[Thierry Carrez <thierry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>> Making our multiple projects converge onto consolidated and
>> well-accepted APIs is a bit painful work, but it is a prerequisite to
>> turning openstack-common into a proper library (or set of libraries).
>>
>> I'd say the whole thing suffers from not having a proper
>> team/leader/coordinator dedicated to it: relying on existing,
>> overstretched PTLs to lead that effort might not be the fastest path.
> 
> While I was on vacation, I read in the weekly newsletter:
> 
>   "It developed into a request for leadership for openstack-common"
> 
> and was like "WTF do you call the work that e.g. I, Jason, Russell and
> Doug have been doing?"
> 
> But I see your point is a little different - you feel there should be an
> elected/appointed "PTL without a PPB vote" or whatever to represent the
> project. I guess that could help clarify things since it's what folks
> are used to with other projects.

Right. So far we said that openstack-common was driven by "all the
PTLs", but that didn't prove particularly fast and efficient. Having a
clear face associated with it, someone specific taking the "lead" on
this project, will, I think, help a bit in getting to the next step.

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Release Manager, OpenStack