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On 9/20/2016 2:44 PM, Matt Riedemann wrote:
> Since we cut newton-rc1 last Thursday the master branch is now
> officially open for Ocata development. We're still working on newton-rc2
> and may be backporting regression bug fixes. I expect to tag newton-rc2
> sometime next week after the final translations are in.
>
> I've started approving some specless blueprints for Ocata already since
> they are carry overs from newton:
>
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/ocata
>
> If you had a spec proposed or approved for Newton but the blueprint
> wasn't completed in Newton, please re-propose the spec for Ocata:
>
> https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/nova-specs/readme.html#previously-approved-specifications
>
>
> Given the short runway with the Ocata schedule:
>
> https://releases.openstack.org/ocata/schedule.html
>
> I don't think we're going to limit spec approvals to only re-proposals
> of previously approved specs. We have 4 weeks until the summit and only
> a little over 2 weeks after the summit before the o-1 milestone. So
> everything is fair game right now for specs, but I'd personally like to
> prioritize re-approvals.
>
> I think we'll be looking at a spec freeze at o-1 and then standard
> feature freeze at o-3, for both priority and non-priority items.
> However, I know that when push comes to shove, if we're rushing at the
> last two weeks before feature freeze to get things done, the priority
> blueprints are going to get priority. I'm hoping I can do a better job
> of checkpointing our progress during Ocata so we're not rushing so much
> at the end, but will need help from the subteams to stay on task and on
> track for our goals for the release.
>
> To simplify, I have the proposed Ocata draft schedule for Nova on the
> wiki here:
>
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova/Ocata_Release_Schedule#Dates_Overview
>
> As a reminder for summit planning, we have an etherpad here for proposed
> topics:
>
> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ocata-nova-summit-ideas
>
> I'm going to filter that list this week and we'll meet next week to
> discuss session topics and the design summit schedule. The currently
> proposed track layout is in Thierry's email here:
>
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-September/103851.html
>
>
> Let me know if you have any questions either by pinging me in
> #openstack-nova in freenode IRC or just reply to this email.
>

I forgot to mention that I've also created an Ocata review priorities 
etherpad:

https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ocata-nova-priorities-tracking

That's primed from the newton-nova-priorities-tracking etherpad so may 
need some scrubbing.

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Thanks,

Matt Riedemann