Ian Campbell
2014-Feb-19 10:41 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] [Vote] Proposal: Moving XCP binaries to XenServer.org
On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 19:23 +0000, Lars Kurth wrote:> Hi all, > > I wanted to propose to move the legacy XCP binaries from > XenProject.org to XenServer.org. With XenServer being fully open > source and XCP basically being a variant of XenServer, it would make a > lot more sense to keep all these binaries with XenServer.org. The fact > that we have XCP and XenServer.org in two different places has led to: > > * fragmentation of the XCP user community > * it is also a constant source of confusion in the user community > > In a nutshell many people don't know whether they should go to > XenServer.org to ask XCP related questions or whether to ask them on > XenProject.org. As a result many questions remain unanswered. Russell > and me spend a lot of our time, pointing people to the right place > and/or cross-posting.As do I, from xen-users@ -> xen-api@xenproject/xs-devel@xenserver.> I was hoping things would get better over time, but they have not > improved. > > When the Xen Project was created, there was no real alternative but to > keep XCP as part of the Xen Project. With XenServer being fully open > source, and being established, there is no reason why we can't clean > up some of the confusion. In my opinion we really should do this. > > This proposal does *not* affect the XAPI project : the XAPI project > would continue to develop the XAPI toolstack as part of the Xen > Project (and deliver source "releases"). In fact, I would also propose > to make the xapi mailing list a developer mailing list. This fits much > better with how the Hypervisor and MirageOS projects are run and > creates an overall cleaner and easier to understand model for the Xen > Project.If xen-api@ becomes a devel focused list then what would be the appropriate place to redirect user requests to? xs-devel@xenserver.org? What about for xapi users who are not based on xenserver?> == Who and how to vote? => > As this is not an entirely project local decision, I propose that > according to http://xenproject.org/governance.html > - Members of all developer mailing lists (including the user lists) on > Xenproject.org can review the proposal and voice an opinion > - Maintainers of all mature projects and the Xenproject.org community > manager are allowed to vote : these are maintainers of xen-devel and > xen-api > > You would vote by replying "+1"+1> If you don't care vote "0" > If you object, vote "-1", which must include an alternative proposal > or a detailed explanation of the reasons for the negative vote. > > Please vote by Feb 25th > > Best Regards > Lars > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel