Development Focus ----------------- At this point we should have release candidates (RC1 or recent intermediary release) for all the Zed deliverables. Teams should be working on any release-critical bugs that would require another RC or intermediary release before the final release. Actions ------- Early in the week, the release team will be proposing stable/zed branch creation for all deliverables that have not branched yet, using the latest available Zed release as the branch point. If your team is ready to go for creating that branch, please let us know by leaving a +1 on these patches. If you would like to wait for another release before branching, you can -1 the patch and update it later in the week with the new release you would like to use. By the end of the week the release team will merge those patches though, unless an exception is granted. Once stable/zed branches are created, if a release-critical bug is detected, you will need to fix the issue in the master branch first, then backport the fix to the stable/zed branch before releasing out of the stable/zed branch. After all of the cycle-with-rc projects have branched we will branch devstack, grenade, and the requirements repos. This will effectively open them up for 2023.1 Antelope development, though the focus should still be on finishing up Zed until the final release. For projects with translations, watch for any translation patches coming through and merge them quickly. A new release should be produced so that translations are included in the final Zed release. Finally, now is a good time to finalize release notes. In particular, consider adding any relevant "prelude" content. Release notes are targeted for the downstream consumers of your project, so it would be great to include any useful information for those that are going to pick up and use or deploy the Zed version of your project. Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Final RC deadline: September 29th, 2022 (R-1 week) Final Zed release: October 5th, 2022 Virtual PTG: October 17-21, 2022 Előd Illés irc: elodilles