<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-magicdomid37" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Development Focus</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid38" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">-----------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid39" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid75" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">We will be releasing the coordinated OpenStack Xena release next week,</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid118" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">on October</span><span class="gmail-author-a-d1z72z17z76zvsz90zz71zz76zz78zz70zz80zqz80z"> 6</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">, 2021. Thanks to everyone involved in the Xena cycle!</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid42" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid43" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">We are now in pre-release freeze, so no new deliverable will be created</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid44" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">until final release, unless a release-critical regression is spotted.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid45" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid93" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Otherwise, teams attending the virtual PTG should start to plan</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid130" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">what they will be discussing there</span><span class="gmail-author-a-d1z72z17z76zvsz90zz71zz76zz78zz70zz80zqz80z">!</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid51" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid52" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid53" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid54" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid55" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">On release day, the release team will produce final versions of</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid56" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">deliverables following the cycle-with-rc release model, by re-tagging</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid57" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">the commit used for the last RC.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid58" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid133" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">A patch doing just that will be proposed</span><span class="gmail-author-a-d1z72z17z76zvsz90zz71zz76zz78zz70zz80zqz80z"> soon</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">. PTLs and release liaisons should</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid60" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">watch for that final release patch from the release team. While not</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid61" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">required, we would appreciate having an ack from each team before we</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid62" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">approve it on the 16th, so that their approval is included in the metadata</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid63" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">that goes onto the signed tag.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid64" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid65" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid66" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid67" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid115" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Final Xena release: October 6</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid105" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Yoga PTG: October 18-22</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><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>