The election process to renew half of the OpenStack Technical Committee will start tomorrow with candidates self-nominating to run for election. As the chair of the existing Technical Committee (and running for reelection) I would like to share some thoughts on what would make in my opinion good TC members …
In the early days of OpenStack, we instituted a do-acracy: power to people that do things over people that don't. Code talks: when unsure on the direction to go, the one that came with code basically won. Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness. Make progress, fix issues if they …
In a recent Technical Committee update on the OpenStack blog, I explained how the OpenStack "integrated release" concept, due to its binary nature, ended up meaning all sorts of different things to different people. That is the main reason why we want to deconstruct its various meanings into a set …
The OpenStack project structure has been under heavy discussion over the past months. There was a long email thread, a lot of opinionated blogposts, a cross-project design summit session in Paris, and various strawmen proposed to our governance repository. Based on all that input, the OpenStack Technical Committee worked on …
I'm extremely excited by the coming OpenStack Summit week in Paris !
First, well, Paris. It is a pretty amazing city, with great sights, museums and restaurants. Those who arrived early should have an awesome Saturday, sun all day, 18°C/65°F high. This is pretty rare in November, so …