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On 02/06/2012 08:58 AM, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:49:32AM +0100, Loic Dachary wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I attended the OpenStack distribution panel in the name of the Debian
GNU/Linux packaging team
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/openstack/">https://alioth.debian.org/projects/openstack/</a>
Stefano Maffulli said he talked to you about the involvement of Debian
GNU/Linux / SPI. We would be happy to participate in the discussion.
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I'm in contact with Stefano, but rather to work on some public statement
we're working on together (see the archives of the debian-publicity
mailing list for some references).</pre>
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I would be grateful if you could link a specific post. I looked for
Maffulli in the jan / feb archives without success.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> We've not discussed the specific
topic of the OpenStack foundation as of yet. But I'm surely interested
to know more about that topic and on which kind of additional
collaboration with (community) distributions OpenStack is interested in.
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A few weeks ago I discussed the idea that a cross distribution group
is formed within OpenStack, much in the same way development teams
are currently organized. It was decided that there is no need for a
formal team and that cooperation should be organized outside of the
influence of the OpenStack governance.<br>
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During FOSDEM we had a chance to discuss during the panel chaired by
Thierry Carrez (openstack release manager) and I'm hopefull that
work can be done with Ubuntu as well as Fedora and OpenSuse.
OpenStack is a large project and packaging it in a consistent way
required (and will require in the future) close cooperation, both
cross distribution and with the upstream.<br>
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I will attend the OpenStack Design Summit in April (
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openstack.org/conference/san-francisco-2012/">http://www.openstack.org/conference/san-francisco-2012/</a> ) and I hope
it will be an occasion to maintain a close and productive
relationship with the upstream. My primary goal will be to explain,
as clearly as I can, the requirements of Debian GNU/Linux for
packaging OpenStack. Our work is much easier when the upstream is
aware of our needs. A little evangelism at the early stages of this
project may make a significant difference in the future. <br>
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At FOSDEM I talked about the making of the OpenStack foundation with
Stefano Maffulli and my understaning is that it's happening. Nothing
seems to be carved in stone yet and maybe SPI can be a founding
member. I don't think that would require a financial contribution
since SPI is a non profit. What do you think ? I can try to find out
more if you like.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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