[chef-dev] Re: Re: Re: Ownership Changes of Chef Cookbooks Revisited

[Ryan Hass < >]

Can anyone at Chef disclose estimated time-lines and planned features
for the "new community site?" I think it is a good long term solution.

Nevertheless, If we are a long way out from launch of this new site it
makes sense to discuss a policy and governance approach.


On 05/24/2014 12:58 PM, Clinton Wolfe wrote:
> Just spit balling here...
>
> Perhaps this sort of thing could be taken into account in features of the
> "new community site".  I'm thinking of the rating system - there was some
> discussion at the community summit of having multi-dimensional ratings,
> like maturity, quality, features, stability, etc.  I think maintainer
> commitment could be a category, perhaps.
>
> Alternatively, one could imagine metrics being displayed on the community
> site - something like average time to respond to an issue, issues open
> longer than X days, etc.
>
> Or: a button to flag the cookbook as needing a new maintainer. That would
> need moderation, I imagine.
>
>
> On May 24, 2014 3:44 PM, "Scott M. Likens" 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please note I don't work for Opscode (Getchef) so this is just my view.
>>
>>
>> On 5/23/14 1:58 PM, Ryan Hass wrote:
>>
>>> A little over six months have gone by since many of the cookbooks were
>>> handed off to various community maintainers. Now seems like a good time
>>> to continue this discussion with wisdom at hand; I am sure many others,
>>> like myself may have questions and surely have ideas on how to improve.
>>>
>>> Many of the cookbook maintainers have done an outstanding job of working
>>> with the community, resolving issues, and accepting and mentoring
>>> changes. Unfortunately, there are a few which have not met the quality
>>> standards which preceded their maintainer-ship. Having said this, I
>>> would like to discuss the Chef governance policy with regards to
>>> maintainers whom have been unable to fulfill their duties, and the
>>> process of ensuring these cookbooks continue to have high quality going
>>> forward.
>>>
>>> Some questions I have are:
>>>
>>> * What is the current governance of cookbooks which were previously
>>> maintained by Chef (Opscode)?
>>>
>>> * How can the community get involved in this governance process to
>>> ensure high quality standards persist for said cookbooks?
>>>
>> Issues and Pull requests are you best friend here.  Taking back a cookbook
>> is likely not easy; it would be easiest to fork it and point everyone to
>> the new fork? There likely should be a policy here or otherwise we'll step
>> on peoples feelings.
>>
>> (squishy!)
>>
>>> Please do not hesitate to share your questions or thoughts on the
>>> subject of the cookbooks which were handed off. As mentioned, I am sure
>>> there are many others with related questions and ideas on the topic.
>>>
>>> -Ryan H.
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