Development Focus

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Work on libraries should be wrapping up, in preparation for the various

library-related deadlines coming up. Now is a good time to make decisions

on deferring feature work to the next development cycle in order to be

able to focus on finishing already-started feature work.

General Information

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We are now getting close to the end of the cycle, and will be gradually

freezing feature work on the various deliverables that make up the

OpenStack release.

This coming week is the deadline for general libraries (except client

libraries): their last feature release needs to happen before "Non-client

library freeze" on February 22nd, 2024. Only bugfixes releases will be

allowed beyond this point.

When requesting those library releases, you can also include the

stable/2024.1 branching request with the review (as an example, see the

"branches" section here:

https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2

In the next weeks we will have deadlines for:

* Client libraries (think python-*client libraries), which need to have

  their last feature release before "Client library freeze" (February

  29th, 2024)

* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most

  services), which observe a Feature freeze on that same date, February

  29th, 2024.

  Any feature addition beyond that date should be discussed on the

  mailing-list and get PTL approval.

As we are getting to the point of creating stable/2024.1 branches, this

would be a good point for teams to review membership in their

$project-stable-maint groups. Once the stable/2024.1 branches are cut

for a repo, the ability to approve any necessary backports into those

branches for 2024.1 Caracal will be limited to the members of that stable

team. If there are any questions about stable policy or stable team

membership, please reach out in the #openstack-stable channel.

Upcoming Deadlines & Dates

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Non-client library freeze: February 22nd, 2024 (R-6 week)

Client library freeze: February 29th, 2024 (R-5 week)

Caracal-3 milestone: February 29th, 2024 (R-5 week)

Cycle Highlights Due: March 7th, 2024 (R-4 week)

2024.1 Caracal final release: April 3rd, 2024

Dalmatian PTG: April 8-12, 2024

Előd Illés

irc: elodilles @ #openstack-release