Development Focus ----------------- We are now past the Caracal-2 milestone, and entering the last development phase of the cycle. Teams should be focused on implementing planned work for the cycle. Now is a good time to review those plans and reprioritize anything if needed based on the what progress has been made and what looks realistic to complete in the next few weeks. General Information ------------------- Looking ahead to the end of the release cycle, please be aware of the feature freeze dates. Those vary depending on deliverable type: * General libraries (except client libraries) need to have their last feature release before Non-client library freeze (February 22nd, 2024). Their stable branches are cut early. * Client libraries (think python-*client libraries) 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) 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. After feature freeze, cycle-with-rc deliverables need to produce a first release candidate (and a stable branch) before RC1 deadline (March 14th, 2024) * Deliverables following cycle-with-intermediary model can release as necessary, but in all cases before Final RC deadline (March 28th, 2024) Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- 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) 2024.1 Caracal final release: April 3rd, 2024 2024.2 'D' virtual PTG ( https://openinfra.dev/ptg/ ): April 8th-12th, 2024 Előd Illés irc: elodilles @ #openstack-release