I'd like to quickly precise what will be expected, from a release management perspective, from the Project Technical Leads (PTLs) some of us will nominate and elect in the following weeks.
PTLs, like it says on the tin, will have to technically lead each project. That comes with a few …
You can globally split open source projects into two broad categories. Upstream projects develop and publish source code for various applications and features. Downstream projects are consumers of this source code. The most common type of downstream projects are distributions, which release ready-to-use binary packages of these upstream applications, make …
I've been asked multiple times why open source project management does not fully adopt agile methodologies, which are so great. Or what are the main differences between the two.
So first of all, I'd like to say that I think Agile methodologies are great. Their …
The OpenStack Bexar release now passed FeatureFreeze. Branches containing needed new features or changing the expected behavior of the software can still require an exception and be proposed, but their benefit will have to outweigh the regression risks they bring for them to be part of the Bexar release.
Some …
The OpenStack Bexar release now passed BranchMergeProposalFreeze. Branches containing new features or changing the behavior of the software can still require an exception and be proposed, but there is no guarantee they will be accepted and be part of the Bexar release.
Some insight on how well we managed to …