OpenStack maint team

[Russell Bryant]

On 11/11/2011 12:08 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Everyone on the To: list has commit permissions on some of the OpenStack
> packages. It's quite a big list! :-)
>
> As more people get involved with packaging OpenStack in Fedora/EPEL, I
> think we need to figure out how to co-ordinate ourselves better. I had
> hoped we could use the cloud SIG mailing list for this but, in practice,
> I think folks are reluctant to spam everyone on the list with the nitty
> gritty details of what they're working on.
>
> I'm always reluctant to start another mailing list, but I think it might
> be warranted here. What say you to openstack at lists.fp.org or even
> openstack-maint at lists.fp.org? Maybe #fedora-openstack on Freenode too?
>

The fedora-cloud list seems fine with me.  It's pretty quiet otherwise. 
  Discussing anything about OpenStack in Fedora seems very on topic to me.

> On a related note, I've been quick to approve requests for commit
> permissions on these packages in order to encourage folks to get
> involved. However, quite a few folks have ever used these permissions so
> I'm starting to think we should get require folks to have an actual
> contribution ready to commit before approving these requests.

Makes sense.  I won't be offended if you revoke mine.  :-)

Having more than is actually necessary may also lead to some confusion 
about who should be contacted if issues arise.

-- 
Russell Bryant