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Goal:

Under hberaud's mentorship, develop changes-roller to enable OpenStack developers to coordinate patch series across 50+ repositories in under 1 hour instead of 2-3 days of manual work. The tool automates Git operations, integrates with OpenStack's Gerrit workflow, and becomes the standard approach for applying consistent changes across the OpenStack ecosystem.

Acceptance Criteria:

Value Proposition: Enable coordinated multi-repository changes with zero manual Git operations, full Gerrit integration, and automated testing.

Required Outcomes:

1. Production-Ready CLI Tool
   • Functional CLI with multi-repository processing and Gerrit integration
   • Comprehensive test coverage (>90%) and code quality enforcement
   • Complete documentation (README, SPECIFICATION, USAGE, examples)
2. Professional Infrastructure
   • Automated quality gates (pre-commit hooks, CI/CD pipeline)
   • Community standards (CONTRIBUTING, CHANGELOG, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, SECURITY)
   • Complete PyPI metadata and GitHub templates
3. Distribution and Documentation
   • Professional documentation site with OpenStack integration guide
   • Automated PyPI publishing via OIDC
   • Package installable via `pip install changes-roller`
4. OpenStack Ecosystem Validation
   • Investigation of code quality tool adoption patterns
   • Demonstration of industrial-scale standardization rollout

Success Metrics:

• Patches 50+ repositories in under 5 minutes
• Zero manual Git operations required
• Community adoption as standard OpenStack workflow tool

Open questions:

1. Why was flake8 removed from OpenStack pre-commit hooks and what prevents its restoration?
   • Investigation required to understand the reason for the removal
   • Determines whether Ruff/flake8 standardization is viable across OpenStack
   • Resolution needed before proposing code quality standardization