repo request process

[Itamar Heim]

On 01/14/2013 10:04 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-01-14 at 14:37 -0500, Eyal Edri wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Karsten 'quaid' Wade" <kwade at redhat.com>
>>> To: infra at ovirt.org
>>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 8:45:32 PM
>>> Subject: Re: JRS CE rpm gerrtit project.
>>>
>>> On 01/14/2013 07:43 AM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>>>> On 01/14/2013 04:17 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/20/2012 04:09 PM, Yaniv Dary wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I need to create a new oVirt project for the JRS CE rpm for
>>>>>> ovirt-reports.
>>>>>> I will put a make and spec for this package there. The rpm is
>>>>>> just for
>>>>>> packing their binaries sice they don't have rpm packaging.
>>>>>> Project name 'jasperreports-server-rpm'.
>>>>>> Can you create it please?
>>>>>
>>>>> Where do you need the project created, exactly, please? On Gerrit?
>>>>> In
>>>>> Bugzilla? On the wiki? For the wiki/website, you can add the
>>>>> details for
>>>>> the project yourself. If you need new mailing lists, then please
>>>>> specify
>>>>> the list name and description.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Dave.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i don't think it needs a separate mailing list.
>>>> hopefully bugzilla wise can be with ovirt-reports.
>>>> +1 for creating a repo, will give a couple of days for others to
>>>> comment
>>>> before creating one.
>>>
>>> Side topic - are we happy with this process for requesting repos?
>>> I.e.,
>>> sending email to the list vs. filing an infrastructure ticket in
>>> Trac.
>>
>> i think opening a ticket in trac + reason for repo is better.
>> as long as we'll receive an email on it to infra at ovirt.org.
>
> +1 on ticket if we can get emails to work correctly.  In the past, I've
> moderated the emails that I've seen come in, but there was no option to
> allow all mails from trac to go through.  If we get that solved, then
> tickets are definitely better.

all "voting" processes are based on emails today (well, other than 
patches which go through gerrit).
(we vote on infra on "technical" repo aspects, say here, since this repo 
is part of the reports subprojects, same for java-sdk). but for a new 
repo/subproject/concept, we actually go through the board mailing list.