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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid2" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Development Focus</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid5" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">We are getting close to the end
of the </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">Yoga</span><span class=""> cycle! Next week on</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid6" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">February
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> is the </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">Yoga</span><span class="">-3 milestone, also known as feature freeze.</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid7" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">It's time to wrap up feature
work in the services and their client</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid8" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">libraries, and defer features
that won't make it to the </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">Zed</span><span class=""> cycle.</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid10" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">General Information</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid13" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">This coming week is the deadline
for client libraries: their last feature</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid14" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">release needs to happen before
"Client library freeze" on </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">February
24th, 2022</span><span class="">.</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid15" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Only bugfix releases will be
allowed beyond this point.</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid17" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">When requesting those library
releases, you can also include the</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid18" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">stable/</span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">yoga</span><span class=""> branching request with the review. As an example,
see the</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid19" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">"branches" section here:</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid20" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class=" url"><a href="https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2</a></span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid22" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">February
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> is also the deadline for
feature work in all OpenStack</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid23" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">deliverables following the
cycle-with-rc model. To help those projects</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid24" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">produce a first release
candidate in time, only bugfixes should be allowed</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid25" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">in the master branch beyond this
point. Any feature work past that deadline</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid26" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">has to be raised as a Feature
Freeze Exception (FFE) and approved by the</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid27" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">team PTL.</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid29" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Finally, feature freeze is also
the deadline for submitting a first version</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid30" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">of your cycle-highlights. Cycle
highlights are the raw data that helps shape</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid31" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">what is communicated in press
releases and other release activity at the</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid32" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">end of the cycle, avoiding
direct contacts from marketing folks. See</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid33" 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="magicdomid34" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">for more details.</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid36" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></font></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid39" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">Yoga</span><span class="">-3 milestone (feature freeze): </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">February
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-5 week)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid40" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">RC1 deadline: </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">March
10th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-3 week)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid41" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Final RC deadline: </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">March
24th, 2022</span><span class=""> (R-1 week)</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid42" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="">Final </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">Yoga</span><span class=""> release: </span><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">
March 30th, 2022</span></font></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid43" class="ace-line"><font face="monospace"><span class="author-a-m89z81zmz70z27z70zz122zz78zz85zz122zz80zab">Next
PTG: April 4 - 8, 2022 (virtual)</span></font></div>
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