Development Focus -----------------
The Release Candidate (RC) deadline is next Thursday, September 24. Work should be focused on fixing any release-critical bugs.
General Information -------------------
All deliverables released under a cycle-with-rc model should have a first release candidate by the end of the week, from which a stable/victoria branch will be cut. This branch will track the victoria release.
Once stable/victoria has been created, master will be ready to switch to wallaby development. While master will no longer be feature-frozen, please prioritize any work necessary for completing victoria plans. Release-critical bugfixes will need to be merged in the master branch first, then backported to the stable/victoria branch before a new release candidate can be proposed.
Actions -------
Early in the week, the release team will be proposing RC1 patches for all cycle-with-rc projects, using the latest commit from master. If your team is ready to go for cutting RC1, please let us know by leaving a +1 on these patches.
If there are still a few more patches needed before RC1, you can -1 the patch and update it later in the week with the new commit hash you would like to use. Remember, stable/victoria branches will be created with this, so you will want to make sure you have what you need included to avoid needing to backport changes from master (which will technically then be wallaby) to this stable branch for any additional RCs before the final release.
The release team will also be proposing releases for any deliverable following a cycle-with-intermediary model that has not produced any victoria release so far.
Finally, if you haven't submitted any yet, now is a good time to finalize release highlights. Release highlights help shape the messaging around the release and make sure that your work is properly represented.
Upcoming Deadlines & Dates --------------------------
RC1 deadline: September 24 (R-3) Final Victoria release: October 14 Open Infra Summit: October 19-23 Wallaby PTG: October 26-30