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their library and client work that needs to be completed yet. The
non-client library freeze is coming up, followed closely by the
client lib freeze. Please plan accordingly so avoid any last
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initial;">Next week is the Extra-ATC freeze, in preparation for
elections. All contributions to OpenStack are valuable, but some
are not expressed as Gerrit code changes. Please list active
contributors to your project team who do not have a code
contribution this cycle, and therefore won't automatically be
considered an Active Technical Contributor and allowed to vote.
This is done by adding extra-atcs to <a href="https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/projects.yaml" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; cursor: pointer !important;">https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/projects.yaml</a> before
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initial;">A quick reminder of the upcoming freeze dates. Those
vary depending on deliverable type:</div>
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initial;">* General libraries (except client libraries) need to
have their last feature release before Non-client library freeze
(April 2). Their stable branches are cut early.</div>
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Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style:
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initial;">* Client libraries (think python-*client libraries) need
to have their last feature release before Client library freeze
(April 9)</div>
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initial;">* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that
would be most services) observe a Feature freeze on that same
date, April 9. Any feature addition beyond that date should be
discussed on the mailing-list and get PTL approval. After feature
freeze, cycle-with-rc deliverables need to produce a first release
candidate (and a stable branch) before RC1 deadline (April 23)</div>
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initial;">* Deliverables following cycle-with-intermediary model
can release as necessary, but in all cases before Final RC
deadline (May 7)</div>
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0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Finally, now is also a good time to start planning what
highlights you want for your deliverables in the cycle highlights.
The deadline to submit an initial version for those is set to
Feature freeze (April 9).</div>
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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
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0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Background on cycle-highlights: <a href="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-December/125613.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; cursor: pointer !important;">http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-December/125613.html</a></div>
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Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style:
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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
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0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Project Team Guide, Cycle-Highlights: <a href="https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; cursor: pointer !important;">https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights</a></div>
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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
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initial;">knelson [at] openstack.org/diablo_rojo on IRC is
available if you need help selecting or writing your highlights</div>
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0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Note that cycle highlights are per-team, not
per-deliverable.</div>
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initial;">Extra-ATC freeze: March 26 (R-7 week)</div>
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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
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initial;">Non-client library freeze: April 2 (R-6 week)</div>
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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
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initial;">Ussuri-3 milestone: April 9 (R-5 week)</div>
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