Development Focus ----------------- We are getting close to the end of the 2023.1 Antelope cycle! Next week on February 16 is the Antelope-3 milestone, also known as feature freeze. It's time to wrap up feature work in the services and their client libraries, and defer features that won't make it to the 2023.2 Bobcat cycle. General Information ------------------- This coming week is the deadline for client libraries: their last feature release needs to happen before "Client library freeze" on February 16. Only bugfix releases will be allowed beyond this point. When requesting those library releases, you can also include the stable/2023.1 branching request with the review. As an example, see the "branches" section here: https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/o... February 16 is also the deadline for feature work in all OpenStack deliverables following the cycle-with-rc model. To help those projects produce a first release candidate in time, only bugfixes should be allowed in the master branch beyond this point. Any feature work past that deadline has to be raised as a Feature Freeze Exception (FFE) and approved by the team PTL. Finally, feature freeze is also a good time for submitting a first version of your cycle-highlights, ahead of the deadline on February 23. Cycle highlights are the raw data that helps shape what is communicated in press releases and other release activity at the end of the cycle, avoiding direct contacts from marketing folks. See https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-... for more details. Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Early bird deadline for OpenInfra Summit registration: February 15 Antelope-3 milestone (feature freeze): February 16 (R-5 week) Cycle Highlights Due: February 23 (R-4 week) RC1 deadline: March 2 (R-3 week) Final RC deadline: March 16 (R-1 week) Final 2023.1 Antelope release: March 22 Virtual PTG: March 27-31 -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)