[openstack-dev] [all][release] Release countdown for week R-4, Mar 7 - 11

Doug Hellmann doug at doughellmann.com
Wed Mar 9 15:17:44 UTC 2016


Excerpts from Sergey Kraynev's message of 2016-03-09 11:08:32 +0300:
> Hi Doug.
> 
> I have one question related with last item: "Release actions".
> Who will prepare patches for Reno and for updating .gitreview?
> Should it be done by related project team or it will be done by someone else?

The script that we use to create the stable branch will generate and
submit those patches automatically, so you just need to review and
approve them.

Doug

> 
> On 5 March 2016 at 02:01, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com> wrote:
> > The Mitaka 3 milestone has passed, and we're on our way to preparing
> > release candidates. See Thierry's email [1] for details about the
> > artifacts produced for the milestone.
> >
> > [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2016-March/001002.html
> >
> > Focus
> > -----
> >
> > Project teams should be concentrating on finishing work for which
> > a feature freeze exception (FFE) was granted, and fixing release-critical
> > bugs before preparing the release candidates during week R-3. Any
> > FFE work not completed this week should be postponed to the next
> > cycle.
> >
> > General Notes
> > -------------
> >
> > The global requirements list is frozen. If you need to change a
> > dependency, for example to include a bug fix in one of our libraries
> > or an upstream library, please provide enough detail in the change
> > request to allow the requirements review team to evaluate the change.
> >
> > User-facing strings are frozen to allow the translation team time
> > to finish their work.
> >
> > Release Actions
> > ---------------
> >
> > The stable/mitaka branches for libraries will be created early
> > during R-4. After the branch is created, a patch will be submitted
> > to update the .gitreview file. If the project uses reno, another
> > patch will be submitted on master to add a mitaka-specific page to
> > the reno build.  Please watch for those patches and prioritize
> > reviewing them.
> >
> > Important Dates
> > ---------------
> >
> > RC Target Week: R-3, Mar 14-18
> >
> > Mitaka release schedule: http://releases.openstack.org/mitaka/schedule.html
> >
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