diff --git a/candidates/queens/Swift/notmyname.txt b/candidates/queens/Swift/notmyname.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c5df400a --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/queens/Swift/notmyname.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +I'd be honored to continue to serve as your PTL for OpenStack Swift. + +Looking forward to the Queens cycle, I expect current, ongoing work to +continue. Yes, we'll work on solving the next technical challenges for +the project. We'll make progress on container sharding and make +improvements to the consistency engine. We'll do what we can to +enhance testing and testability. We'll improve the way we store data +so that we can take advantage of all the resources modern storage +servers come with. We'll continue to ensure that Swift is the best +open source object storage system available, but the hardest +challenges we face are not technical. + +The hardest challenge any community faces is that of ensuring its own +health for long-term sustainability. Our individual project is over +seven years old now, and many of the most active contributors to the +project, myself included, have been involved since the early days. We +have had new contributors join--we've had around 700 contributors so +far--and we've seen valued members of the community leave for various +reasons. We must ensure that our community welcomes new contributors +and supports them as they learn how Swift and the Swift team works. + +These community sustainability questions are what I've been thinking +about lately, and this is what I'll focus on as PTL during the Queens +cycle. I think one important fact to realize is that there will always +be more people using Swift than are contributing to Swift. This simple +fact should encourage us to realize that despite how shifting +corporate strategies affect our contributor count, we must focus on +developing and delivering software that solves problems that people +have. + +We are developing software that is meant to be used. As I have said +many times before, I hope to see Swift used by everyone, every day, +even if they don't realize it. When we focus on solving storage +problems and making our software the best it can be, we will see this +vision realized.