<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-magicdomid47" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">Development Focus</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid48" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">-----------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid49" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid50" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-k1tz122zz72z1z72zuz79zez67zk3az75zz86z">We </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">just passed feature freeze! Until release branches are cut, you</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid51" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">should stop accepting featureful changes to deliverables following the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid52" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">cycle-with-rc release model, or to libraries. Exceptions should be</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid53" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">discussed on separate threads on the mailing-list, and feature freeze</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid54" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">exceptions approved by the team's PTL.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid55" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid56" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Focus should be on finding and fixing release-critical bugs, so that</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid115" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">release candidates and final versions of the Wallaby deliverables can be</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid126" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">proposed, well ahead of the final Wallaby release date (14 April, 2021).</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid59" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid60" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid61" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid62" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid63" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">We are still finishing up processing a few release requests, but the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid143" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Wallaby release requirements are now frozen. If new library releases are</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid151" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">needed to fix release-critical bugs in Wallaby, you must request a</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid66" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Requirements Freeze Exception (RFE) from the requirements team before we</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid159" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">can do a new release to avoid having something released in Wallaby that</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid68" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">is not actually usable. This is done by posting to the openstack-discuss</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid69" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">mailing list with a subject line similar to:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid70" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid71" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">        [$PROJECT][requirements] RFE requested for $PROJECT_LIB</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid72" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid73" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Include justification/reasoning for why a RFE is needed for this lib.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid74" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">If/when the requirements team OKs the post-freeze update, we can then</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid75" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">process a new release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid76" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid77" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">A soft String freeze is now in effect, in order to let the I18N team do the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid78" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">translation work in good conditions. In Horizon and the various dashboard</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid79" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">plugins, you should stop accepting changes that modify user-visible</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid80" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">strings. Exceptions should be discussed on the mailing-list. By</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid162" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">5 April, 2021 this will become a hard string freeze, with no changes</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid82" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">in user-visible strings allowed.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid83" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid84" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Actions</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid85" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">-------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid86" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid171" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">stable/wallaby branches should be created soon for all not-already-branched</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid88" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">libraries. You should expect 2-3 changes to be proposed for each: a</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid89" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">.gitreview update, a reno update (skipped for projects not using reno),</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid90" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">and a tox.ini constraints URL update. Please review those in priority</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid91" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">so that the branch can be functional ASAP.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid92" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid93" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">The Prelude section of reno release notes is rendered as the top level</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid180" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">overview for the release. Any important overall messaging for Wallaby</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid95" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">changes should be added there to make sure the consumers of your release</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid96" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">notes see them.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid97" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid188" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Finally, if you haven't proposed Wallaby cycle-highlights yet, you are</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid193" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">already late to the party. Please see</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid194" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm gmail-url"><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2021-February/020714.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2021-February/020714.html</a></span><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm"> for details.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid100" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid101" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid102" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid103" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid198" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">RC1 deadline: 22 March, 2021 (R-3 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid201" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Final RC deadline: 5 April, 2021 (R-1 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid214" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Final Wallaby release: 14 April, 2021</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid239" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z68zkhz65zz74zhlz69zz75zchz65zvyz70zm">Xena PTG: 19 - 23 April, 2021</span></div><br>-- <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>