Development Focus ----------------- We are entering the last weeks of the 2024.1 Caracal development cycle. From now until the final release, we'll send a countdown email like this every week. It's probably a good time for teams to take stock of their library and client work that needs to be completed yet. The non-client library freeze is coming up, followed closely by the client lib freeze. Please plan accordingly to avoid any last minute rushes to get key functionality in. General Information ------------------- Next week is the Extra-AC freeze, in preparation for elections. All contributions to OpenStack are valuable, but some are not expressed as Gerrit code changes. Please list active contributors to your project team who do not have a code contribution this cycle, and therefore won't automatically be considered an Active Contributor and allowed to vote. This is done by adding extra-acs to https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/project... before the Extra-AC freeze on February 15, 2024. A quick reminder of the upcoming freeze dates. Those vary depending on deliverable type: * Oslo libraries are entering feature freeze next week, February 15, 2024. * General libraries (except client libraries) need to have their last feature release before Non-client library freeze (February 22, 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 29, 2024) * Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most services) observe a Feature freeze on that same date, February 29, 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 15, 2024) * Deliverables following cycle-with-intermediary model can release as necessary, but in all cases before Final RC deadline (March 29, 2024) Finally, now is also a good time to start planning what highlights you want for your deliverables in the cycle highlights. The deadline to submit an initial version for those is set to one week after Feature freeze (March 7, 2024). Background on cycle-highlights: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-December/125613.html Project Team Guide, Cycle-Highlights: https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-... jeremy [at] openstack.org/fungi on IRC is available if you need help selecting or writing your highlights. Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Extra-AC freeze: February 15, 2024 (R-7 week) Oslo feature freeze: February 15, 2024 (R-7 week) Non-client library freeze: February 22, 2024 (R-6 week) Client library freeze: February 29, 2024 (R-5 week) caracal-3 milestone: February 29, 2024 (R-5 week) Cycle highlights deadline: March 7, 2024 (R-4 week) Dalmatian PTG: April 8-12, 2024 -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)