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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid107" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Development Focus</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid160" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">We are entering the last weeks
of the </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">Yoga</span><span class=""> development cycle. From</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid110" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">now until the final release,
we'll send a countdown email like this</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid111" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">every week.</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid112" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">It's probably a good time for
teams to take stock of their library and</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid113" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">client work that needs to be
completed yet. The non-client library freeze</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid114" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">is coming up, followed closely
by the client lib freeze. Please plan</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid115" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">accordingly to avoid any last
minute rushes to get key functionality in.</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid116" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">General Information</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid118" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Next week is the Extra-ATC
freeze, in preparation for elections. All</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid119" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">contributions to OpenStack are
valuable, but some are not expressed as</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid120" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Gerrit code changes. Please list
active contributors to your project team</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid121" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">who do not have a code
contribution this cycle, and therefore won't</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid122" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">automatically be considered an
Active Technical Contributor and allowed</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid123" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">to vote. This is done by adding
extra-atcs to</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid124" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=" url"><a href="https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/projects.yaml" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/projects.yaml</a></span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid170" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">before the Extra-ATC freeze on </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
10th, 2022</span><span class="">.</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid67" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid126" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">A quick reminder of the upcoming
freeze dates. Those vary depending on</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid127" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">deliverable type:</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid128" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">* General libraries (except
client libraries) need to have their last</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid183" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">feature release before
Non-client library freeze (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
17th, 2022</span><span class="">).</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid130" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=""> Their stable branches are cut
early.</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid74" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid131" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">* Client libraries (think
python-*client libraries) need to have their</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid185" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">last feature release before
Client library freeze (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class="">)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid77" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid133" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">* Deliverables following a
cycle-with-rc model (that would be most</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid187" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">services) observe a Feature
freeze on that same date, </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class="">.</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid135" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=""> Any feature addition beyond
that date should be discussed on the</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid136" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=""> mailing-list and get PTL
approval. After feature freeze, cycle-with-rc</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid137" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=""> deliverables need to produce a
first release candidate (and a stable</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid196" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=""> branch) before RC1 deadline (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">March 7th,
2022</span><span class="">)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid84" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid139" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">* Deliverables following
cycle-with-intermediary model can release as</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid215" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">necessary, but in all cases
before Final RC deadline (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">March
24th, 2022</span><span class="">)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid87" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid141" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Finally, now is also a good time
to start planning what highlights you</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid142" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">want for your deliverables in
the cycle highlights. The deadline to</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid197" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">submit an initial version for
those is set to Feature freeze (</span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class="">).</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid144" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Background on cycle-highlights:</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid145" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=" url"><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-December/125613.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-December/125613.html</a></span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid146" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Project Team Guide,
Cycle-Highlights:</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid147" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=" url"><a href="https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights</a></span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid148" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">knelson [at]
openstack.org/diablo_rojo on IRC is available if you need</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid149" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">help selecting or writing your
highlights</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid150" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid205" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Extra-ATC freeze: </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
10th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-7 week)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid204" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Non-client library freeze: </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
17th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-6 week)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid203" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Client library freeze: </span><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">February
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-5 week)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid202" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><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></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid206" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">Yoga final
release: March 30th, 2022</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid207" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="author-a-6z90zz66zaz72zdz68ziz78zx4f71z81z2">Next PTG:
April 4 - 8, 2022 (virtual)</span></font></div>
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