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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid89" class="ace-line"><span class="">Development Focus</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid126" class="ace-line"><span class="">We are now past the </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">Yoga</span><span class="">-2 milestone, and entering the last development</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid92" class="ace-line"><span class="">phase of the cycle. Teams should be focused on
implementing planned work</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid93" class="ace-line"><span class="">for the cycle.</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid94" class="ace-line"><span class="">Now is a good time to review those plans and
reprioritize anything if</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid95" class="ace-line"><span class="">needed based on the what progress has been made and
what looks realistic</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid96" class="ace-line"><span class="">to complete in the next few weeks.</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid97" class="ace-line"><span class="">General Information</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid99" class="ace-line"><span class="">Looking ahead to the end of the release cycle, please
be aware of the</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid100" class="ace-line"><span class="">feature freeze dates. Those vary depending on
deliverable type:</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid101" class="ace-line"><span class="">* General libraries (except client libraries) need to
have their last</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid232" class="ace-line"><span class=""> feature release before Non-client library freeze (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February 1</span><span class="author-a-z81z3iy6z85zhh8v77z122zz79zoz78z">7</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">th, 2022</span><span class="">).</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid103" class="ace-line"><span class=""> Their stable branches are cut early.</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid104" class="ace-line"><span class="">* Client libraries (think python-*client libraries)
need to have their</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid200" class="ace-line"><span class=""> last feature release before Client library freeze (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class="">)</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid106" class="ace-line"><span class="">* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that
would be most</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid201" class="ace-line"><span class=""> services) observe a Feature freeze on that same date,
</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class="">.</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid108" class="ace-line"><span class=""> Any feature addition beyond that date should be
discussed on the</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid109" class="ace-line"><span class=""> mailing-list and get PTL approval. After feature
freeze, cycle-with-rc</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid110" class="ace-line"><span class=""> deliverables need to produce a first release
candidate (and a stable</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid207" class="ace-line"><span class=""> branch) before RC1 deadline (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">March 10th,
2022</span><span class="">)</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid112" class="ace-line"><span class="">* Deliverables following cycle-with-intermediary model
can release as</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid287" class="ace-line"><span class=""> necessary, but in all cases before</span><span class="author-a-z81z3iy6z85zhh8v77z122zz79zoz78z"> March 25th,
2022 (</span><span class="">Final RC deadline)</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid114" class="ace-line"><span class="">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid233" class="ace-line"><span class="">Non-client library freeze: </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February 1</span><span class="author-a-z81z3iy6z85zhh8v77z122zz79zoz78z">7</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-6 week)</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid150" class="ace-line"><span class="">Client library freeze: </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-5 week)</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid153" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">Yoga</span><span class="">-3 milestone: </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-5 week)</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid289" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">Yoga</span><span class="author-a-z81z3iy6z85zhh8v77z122zz79zoz78z"> final</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2"> release:
March 30th, 2022</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid293" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-z81z3iy6z85zhh8v77z122zz79zoz78z">Next PTG:
April 4 - 8, 2022 (virtual)</span></div>
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