<div dir="ltr"><div><div id="gmail-magicdomid2" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z"></span></div><div class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Development Focus</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid3" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">-----------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid4" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid5" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">We are getting close to the end of the Wallaby cycle! Next week on</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid6" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">11 March 2021 is the Wallaby-3 milestone, also known as feature freeze.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid7" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">It's time to wrap up feature work in the services and their client</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid8" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">libraries, and defer features that won't make it to the Xena cycle.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid9" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid10" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid11" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid12" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid13" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">This coming week is the deadline for client libraries: their last feature</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid14" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">release needs to happen before "Client library freeze" on 11 March, 2021.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid15" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Only bugfix releases will be allowed beyond this point.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid16" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid17" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">When requesting those library releases, you can also include the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid18" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">stable/wallaby branching request with the review. As an example, see the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid19" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">"branches" section here:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid20" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z gmail-url"><a href="https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2</a></span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid21" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid22" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">11 March, 2021 is also the deadline for feature work in all OpenStack</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid23" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">deliverables following the cycle-with-rc model. To help those projects</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid24" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">produce a first release candidate in time, only bugfixes should be allowed</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid25" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">in the master branch beyond this point. Any feature work past that deadline</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid47" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">has to be raised as a Featur</span><span class="gmail-author-a-0z66zz67zz74zb8tz85ztj4wv1z87zz73z">e</span><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z"> Freeze Exception (FFE) and approved by the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid27" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">team PTL.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid28" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid29" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Finally, feature freeze is also the deadline for submitting a first version</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid48" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">of your cycle-highlights. Cycle highlights are the raw data </span><span class="gmail-author-a-0z66zz67zz74zb8tz85ztj4wv1z87zz73z">t</span><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">hat helps shape</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid31" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">what is communicated in press releases and other release activity at the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid32" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">end of the cycle, avoiding direct contacts from marketing folks. See</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid33" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z gmail-url"><a href="https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights</a></span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid34" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">for more details.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid35" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid36" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid37" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid38" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid39" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Cross-project events:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid40" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">- Wallaby-3 milestone (feature freeze): 11 March, 2021 (R-5 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid41" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">- RC1 deadline: 22 March, 2021 (R-3 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid42" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">- Final RC deadline: 5 April, 2021 (R-1 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid43" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">- Final Wallaby final release: 14 April, 2021</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid44" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid45" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Project-specific events:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid46" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">- Cinder 3rd Party CI Compliance Checkpoint: 12 March, 2021 (R-5 week)</span></div><br clear="all"></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hervé Beraud</div><div>Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat</div><div>irc: hberaud</div><div><a href="https://github.com/4383/" target="_blank">https://github.com/4383/</a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/4383hberaud" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/4383hberaud</a><br></div><div>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br><br>wsFcBAABCAAQBQJb4AwCCRAHwXRBNkGNegAALSkQAHrotwCiL3VMwDR0vcja10Q+<br>Kf31yCutl5bAlS7tOKpPQ9XN4oC0ZSThyNNFVrg8ail0SczHXsC4rOrsPblgGRN+<br>RQLoCm2eO1AkB0ubCYLaq0XqSaO+Uk81QxAPkyPCEGT6SRxXr2lhADK0T86kBnMP<br>F8RvGolu3EFjlqCVgeOZaR51PqwUlEhZXZuuNKrWZXg/oRiY4811GmnvzmUhgK5G<br>5+f8mUg74hfjDbR2VhjTeaLKp0PhskjOIKY3vqHXofLuaqFDD+WrAy/NgDGvN22g<br>glGfj472T3xyHnUzM8ILgAGSghfzZF5Skj2qEeci9cB6K3Hm3osj+PbvfsXE/7Kw<br>m/xtm+FjnaywZEv54uCmVIzQsRIm1qJscu20Qw6Q0UiPpDFqD7O6tWSRKdX11UTZ<br>hwVQTMh9AKQDBEh2W9nnFi9kzSSNu4OQ1dRMcYHWfd9BEkccezxHwUM4Xyov5Fe0<br>qnbfzTB1tYkjU78loMWFaLa00ftSxP/DtQ//iYVyfVNfcCwfDszXLOqlkvGmY1/Y<br>F1ON0ONekDZkGJsDoS6QdiUSn8RZ2mHArGEWMV00EV5DCIbCXRvywXV43ckx8Z+3<br>B8qUJhBqJ8RS2F+vTs3DTaXqcktgJ4UkhYC2c1gImcPRyGrK9VY0sCT+1iA+wp/O<br>v6rDpkeNksZ9fFSyoY2o<br>=ECSj<br>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>