Define Emerging technology and inactive projects framework
At the October 2021 PTG and April 2022 PTG we discussed the need to for something like "technical preview" state for the e.g. new OpenStack projects which don't meet all requirements for being official OpenStack project (see Skyline for example). This patch adds framework for such projects. It's called "emerging technology" state which can be set for new projects. It also defines "inactive" state for the existing, not well maintained projects. Change-Id: I32a07f8bb46723f36c1bf846644b6aa768778a4f
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Emerging and inactive projects
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As a community we want to be inclusive for new projects under the OpenStack
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umbrella. This, however, isn't that easy as each project needs to fit many
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requirements (see :doc:`new-projects-requirements` for more details) and that can
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be sometimes hard for new projects.
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In order to grow a new project team within OpenStack, we want to accept them
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into the OpenStack space when they have code that's functional enough to
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indicate what it is they want to accomplish, but at the same time we need to be
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clear to OpenStack consumers that such a project is not yet ready to be run in
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production due to factors such as the code repository not structured according
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to OpenStack standards, functionality is missing, etc.
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It may also happen for already existing official OpenStack projects that they
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may not be so active anymore, they may not be able to do release on time or have
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broken testing or not merge incoming patches for long time.
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In order to solve the above problems, there is ``Emerging technology`` state for
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such new projects and ``inactive`` state for existing projects that are not so
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active anymore. TC will keep working on such projects to make them consistent
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with OpenStack or try to transition inactive projects to active. TC might not be
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able to solve these problems but we will try to keep eyes on such projects and
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give our best effort to make them active.
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``Emerging technology`` is a state which can be set for new OpenStack projects.
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The state of ``inactive`` can be set for existing projects that aren't well
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maintained due to lack of maintainers or active contribution.
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Entry criteria
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If a new project wants to become an official OpenStack project, but it does not
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fit all requirements for new official projects (see
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:doc:`new-projects-requirements` for details) TC can consider to add such
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project to the OpenStack projects as ``Emerging technology``.
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For existing projects which became inactive due to lack of maintainers and are
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not able to do the mandatory activities, such as release, fix testing, review
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incoming code, etc., TC can consider marking such projects as ``inactive``,
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try to solve the problem if we can but keep it in the official
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OpenStack projects list instead of deprecating and removing it immediately (see
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:doc:`dropping-projects` for more details).
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Exit criteria
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A project can exit the ``Emerging technology`` or ``inactive`` state by either
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becoming an active OpenStack project or by becoming a retired project.
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A project is considered active when it meets all the requirements to be an
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OpenStack official project, which are described in
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:doc:`new-projects-requirements`. In particular, there must be a sufficient
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number of active maintainers to perform all the basic activities of OpenStack
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official projects.
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A project may be retired by the TC if it does not complete the work required to
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become an active project within the timeline defined below.
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Timeline
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A new project must become an active OpenStack project before the third OpenStack
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coordinated release after the project has entered ``Emerging Technology``
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status. For example, a project became OpenStack ``Emerging technology`` project
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in Yoga cycle then timeline for them is BB (after two releases, Zed and AA). In
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BB development cycle such project should meet all requirements for a new project
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listed in :doc:`new-projects-requirements` to stay as an official OpenStack
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project.
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If project is not able to become an official OpenStack project within that
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timeframe, TC will discuss with the team if more time is required for the
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project to meet the :doc:`new-projects-requirements` or will retire the project.
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An existing project should be reinstated as an active OpenStack project before
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the final release of the cycle they entered the ``inactive`` state to be become
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``active`` again and to be released in that cycle. In the case where an
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``inactive`` project does not become ``active`` before the end of the cycle,
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there will be no release of it proposed by the release team in that cycle. In
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such a case it is up to the project itself to get CI working and propose a
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release if that is needed. It may be required like that for example when there
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will be some security fixes or compatibility fixes merged in the project.
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In the case where an ``inactive`` project still does not become ``active``
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during the next cycle after the cycle they entered the ``inactive`` state, TC
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will discuss with the team if project will be retired before final release
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in the release cycle. In such a case there will be no new releases of that
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project.
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Tracking
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At the end of each cycle, TC will evaluate this list of the ``Emerging
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technology`` and ``inactive`` projects and based on the timeline checks if any
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of them can become active or if it maybe should be retired. Any addition or
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removal of projects in this list will require a formal-vote.
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Current Emerging Technology Projects
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<TC will manage the Emerging Technology projects here>.
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Current Inactive Projects
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<TC will manage the inactive projects here>.
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@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Reference documents which need to be revised over time.
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tc-guide
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OpenStack-name-in-external-services
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election-exceptions
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emerging-technology-and-inactive-projects
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