Hello Stackers,

We're 16 weeks away from the date earmarked for the coordinated 2025.2
"Flamingo" release of OpenStack [1]. OpenStack project teams are
wrapping up design specifications and gearing up to land feature
changes. In the past week, the OpenInfra Foundation officially joined
the Linux Foundation [2]. This is a significant move for OpenStack and
other projects under the OIF. I join you in hoping that this means
greater acceleration for OpenStack and broader avenues to collaborate
with other open source projects under the Linux Foundation.

In the same week, the OpenStack Technical Committee also passed a few
important resolutions. The primary one was to adopt the "Developer
Certificate of Origin" [3] for contributor sign-offs beginning July 1,
2025. What does this mean for you?

This means that any new patch uploaded to the OpenStack review system
(https://review.opendev.org) on or after July 1, 2025, will require a
"Signed-off-by" line in the commit message. Doing so indicates that
you are submitting this code in adherence to the DCO, which replaces
the Contributor License Agreement that we have long required. Adding a
DCO sign-off can be done by using "git commit -s" when your username
and email are properly configured in your Git environment. The TC
encourages PTLs, project liaisons, and all maintainers to help other
contributors become familiar with this change and assist anyone who
may be confused by the new requirement. If you have any questions,
please join us in #openstack-dev or #openstack-tc on OFTC, or ask away
on this mailing list.

Alongside this significant change, the TC also clarified the actions
that the Election Officials will take when there is no need for an
election [4]. The next elections for Project Team Leads and a portion
of the OpenStack Technical Committee will occur between Aug 27, 2025,
and Sep 17, 2025. The official nomination window opens at 23:45 UTC on
Aug 06, 2025. However, you're welcome to submit your nomination at any
time before this date. Doing so may be helpful if you plan to be away
during the nomination window.

OpenDev Infrastructure Administrators have now enabled all registered
users to add or edit hashtags on the code review system [5]. Some
project teams have long found this useful for linking related
changes—hashtags in Gerrit are more versatile than topics. I hope
you'll find this helpful!

=== Weekly Meeting ===

On Jun 3, 2025, the OpenStack Technical Committee held its weekly
meeting as both a video conference [6] and over IRC in OFTC's
#openstack-tc channel [7]. The meeting was well attended and primarily
focused on the DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) implementation,
contributor experience challenges, and other open governance
proposals. A key decision was to separate translation-related concerns
from the main DCO implementation. The i18n SIG has been migrating from
Zanata to Weblate and will explore how the DCO can be prominently
enforced via Weblate.

The discussion then moved on to the findings from the maintainer and
contributor surveys for the Epoxy release cycle. The survey results
[8] indicated that 73% of maintainers reported difficulty getting
review attention, while 68% of non-maintainer contributors faced
challenges in having their reviews completed. TC members brainstormed
potential reasons, and some key concerns identified include:
- Inconsistent review prioritization across projects
- Poor visibility into project-specific review processes
- Heavy reliance on Etherpads for tracking priorities
- Underutilization of review priority labels in projects that have enabled them

A couple of minor action items were identified for the TC and project
maintainers. Project maintainers are expected to audit their
CONTRIBUTING.rst files and clearly indicate how contributors can get
their changes reviewed and merged. The TC also plans to enforce more
structured cross-project discussions at the October PTG. As a
tangential concern, we supported the idea of hosting an ops meetup at
the upcoming OpenInfra Summit in Paris-Saclay [9].

The next meeting of the OpenStack TC is today, 2025-06-09, at 17:00
UTC. This meeting will be held over IRC in the #openstack-tc channel
on OFTC. Please find the agenda on the meeting's wiki page [10]. I
hope you'll be able to join us.

=== Governance Proposals ===

==== Merged ====

- Replace CLA with DCO for all contributions |
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/950463
- Add nova-contrib repository |
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/951569
- Clarify actions when no elections are required |
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/949431

==== Open for review ====

- Require declaration of affiliation from TC Candidates |
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/949432

=== Upcoming Events ===

- 2025-06-13: CFP Closes for the OpenInfra Summit EU:
https://summit2025.openinfra.org/cfp/
- 2025-06-28: OpenInfra+Cloud Native Day, Vietnam:
https://www.vietopeninfra.org/void2025
- 2025-07-19: OpenInfra Days Indonesia: https://2025.openinfra.id/

Thank you very much for reading!
On behalf of the OpenStack TC,
Goutham Pacha Ravi (gouthamr)
OpenStack TC Chair

[1] 2025.2 "Flamingo" Release Schedule:
https://releases.openstack.org/flamingo/schedule.html
[2] OIF joins Linux Foundation:
https://openinfra.org/blog/openinfra-joins-linux-foundation
[3] DCO enforcement from July 1, 2025:
https://governance.openstack.org/tc/resolutions/20250520-replace-the-cla-with-dco-for-all-contributions.html
[4] Election amendment:
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/949431
[5] Hashtags on review.opendev.org:
https://lists.opendev.org/archives/list/service-announce@lists.opendev.org/thread/SVXT6X4WRYE6XQPB5PTWFUKUATICLO56/
[6] TC Meeting Video Recording, 2025-06-03: https://youtu.be/y0BwG8TadVk
[7] TC Meeting IRC Log 2025-06-03:
https://meetings.opendev.org/meetings/tc/2025/tc.2025-06-03-17.00.html
[8] Contributor and Maintainer Survey:
https://lists.openstack.org/archives/list/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org/message/3YCEOEVDZRG5UU3FMPEP4F6EZIXDAVGU/
[9] OpenInfra Summit 2025: https://summit2025.openinfra.org/
[10] TC Meeting Agenda, 2025-06-10:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/TechnicalCommittee#Next_Meeting