Development Focus ----------------- We are now past the Bobcat-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 (August 24). Their stable branches are cut early. * Client libraries (think python-*client libraries) need to have their last feature release before Client library freeze (August 31) * Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most services) observe a Feature freeze on that same date, August 31. 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 (September 14) * Deliverables following cycle-with-intermediary model can release as necessary, but in all cases before Final RC deadline (September 28) Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Non-client library freeze: August 24 (R-6 week) Client library freeze: August 31 (R-5 week) Bobcat-3 milestone: August 31 (R-5 week) Final 2023.2 Bobcat release: October 4th, 2023 -- Hervé Beraud Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat irc: hberaud https://github.com/4383/