<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-magicdomid58" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Development Focus</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid59" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">-----------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid60" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid105" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">We are getting close to the end of the Xena cycle! Next week on</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid112" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">02 September, 2021 is the Xena-3 milestone, also known as feature freeze.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid63" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">It's time to wrap up feature work in the services and their client</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid129" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">libraries, and defer features that won't make it to the Yoga cycle.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid65" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid66" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid67" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid68" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid69" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">This coming week is the deadline for client libraries: their last feature</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid131" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">release needs to happen before "Client library freeze" on 02 September, 2021.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid71" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Only bugfix releases will be allowed beyond this point.</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-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">When requesting those library releases, you can also include the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid139" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">stable/xena branching request with the review. As an example, see the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid75" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">"branches" section here:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid76" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb 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-magicdomid77" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid142" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">02 September, 2021 is also the deadline for feature work in all OpenStack</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid79" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">deliverables following the cycle-with-rc model. To help those projects</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid80" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">produce a first release candidate in time, only bugfixes should be allowed</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid81" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">in the master branch beyond this point. Any feature work past that deadline</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid82" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">has to be raised as a Feature Freeze Exception (FFE) and approved by the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid83" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">team PTL.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid84" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid85" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Finally, feature freeze is also the deadline for submitting a first version</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid86" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">of your cycle-highlights. Cycle highlights are the raw data that helps shape</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid87" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">what is communicated in press releases and other release activity at the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid88" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">end of the cycle, avoiding direct contacts from marketing folks. See</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid89" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb 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-magicdomid90" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">for more details.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid91" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid92" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid93" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid94" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid151" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Xena-3 milestone (feature freeze): 02 September, 2021 (R-5 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid154" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">RC1 deadline: The week of 13 September, 2021 (R-3 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid157" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Final RC deadline: The week of 27 September, 2021 (R-1 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid168" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Final Xena release: 06 October, 2021</span></div><br clear="all"><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><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>