Elaborate on the business value of Glance

Recent threads on the openstack-discuss mailing list [0] suggest
revisiting the idea of formatting the help-wanted list to represent
the value each initiative provides a sponsor. This feedback was given
to the Technical Committee during the Vancouver summit in 2018.

This is an attempt at describing the value contributing to Glance
has on a business.

[0] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2019-January/002252.html

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4. Glance Contributors
======================
`Glance`_ is a service to manage images for OpenStack clouds. It's one of the
early projects in OpenStack and it's deployed in almost every OpenStack cloud.
Without Glance, Nova can't boot instances.
Description
-----------
`Glance`_ is a service to manage disk images for OpenStack clouds. It was one
of the first projects developed in the OpenStack ecosystem. Nearly every
OpenStack deployment contains a Glance service. Without Glance, Nova cannot
create servers.
Glance is looking for new contributors who would be willing to provide reviews,
to work on bugs, or to work on new features.
to work on bugs, or to work on new features. Glance has welcomed interns,
junior developers, and more senior developers. In every case, it is a great way
to grow and contribute to OpenStack.
Glance is a great project to ramp up on OpenStack and it's a great project for
developers regardless of their experience. Glance has welcomed interns, junior
developers, and more senior developers. In every case, it's a great way to grow
and contribute to OpenStack.
Value
-----
Glance is a critical project in OpenStack. Contributions to the future of the
Maintenance Costs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Glance is a critical service in OpenStack. Contributions to the future of the
image registry are essential to the stability of OpenStack. More importantly,
Glance is not "done". There's significant technical debt that needs to be taken
care of and several features that can be implemented.
Glance is not feature-complete. There is significant technical debt that needs
to be taken care of and several features to implement.
Consistency
~~~~~~~~~~~
The OpenStack community continues to evolve, and this evolution requires large
cross-project initiatives. Furthermore, users and operators expect consistency
across the OpenStack platform. Examples from recent history include
OpenStack-wide support for `Python 3`_ and easing operator pain by moving
`policy configuration`_ into code. Ensuring Glance stays up-to-date with these
initiatives is imperative in reducing operational costs, complexity, and user
frustration.
Contact
-------
Interested? Join the Glance IRC channel (#openstack-glance) or reach out to the
Glance PTL (rosmaita), the TC sponsor for this item (flaper87) or starting a new
email thread on the ML using the tag `[glance]`.
OpenStack discuss `mailing list`_ using the `[glance]` tag.
.. _`Glance`: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/glance.html
.. _`Python 3`: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/goals/stein/python3-first.html
.. _`policy configuration`: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/goals/queens/policy-in-code.html
.. _`mailing list`: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-discuss
5. Goal Champions
=================