Hello Stackers, We're 17 weeks away from the release date for OpenStack 2025.2 "Flamingo" [1]. All projects following the cycle-trailing release model [2] will release their 2025.1 Epoxy deliverables by 2025-06-05, i.e., Thursday this week. The OpenStack Technical Committee is close to merging a resolution to require "Developer Certificate of Origin" [3] sign-offs from committers starting 2025-07-01. This will affect committers across the community. We request that you review what the DCO signifies [4] and how OpenStack governance plans to enforce it [3], and be prepared for the change. You can add "Signed-off-by" in your commit messages today. Project maintainers are requested to encourage this sign off, and spread the word to contributors via review comments and project team meetings. When Git is properly configured with your username and email, commit with the "-s" option to include the sign-off line in the commit message. In the past week, the TC didn't merge any new governance proposals; however, several, including the proposal to transition from the CLA to the DCO, are under review. === Weekly Meeting === Last week's meeting of the OpenStack Technical Committee occurred on 2025-05-27 on OFTC's #openstack-tc channel [5]. We covered a range of topics, including DCO implementation, the OpenInfra User Survey, and gate health. The primary focus was on the transition from CLA (Contributor License Agreement) to DCO. Many tooling changes are under review to facilitate this transition. Discussions also clarified that all new patches after July 1st will require a DCO sign-off, and existing patches can be rebased and signed off in Gerrit. There was a brief discussion about potentially abandoning patches in merge-conflict without a sign-off after July 1st, but the consensus was to instead add a comment to inform contributors about the need for the DCO with the updated patchset. The 2025 OpenInfra User Survey is currently live and will close in August [6]. Foundation staff will collate responses and share them with project leads/liaisons and the OpenStack TC in September. The TC reviewed the existing questions and decided not to make changes to avoid confusing the summarization of responses. There was also an update regarding the 2024 user survey, with clarification that anonymized raw data will be shared with PTLs and the TC, and that an NDA may be required for access. The next meeting of the OpenStack TC is on 2025-06-03. This meeting will be hosted simultaneously over video and IRC. You're welcome to join through any platform that you prefer. The agenda and call details are posted to the meeting's wiki page [7]. I hope that you'll be able to join us. === Governance Proposals === ==== Merged ==== - Fix outdated info on the tc-guide | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/950446 ==== Open for review ==== - Require declaration of affiliation from TC Candidates | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/949432 - [resolution] Replace CLA with DCO for all contributions | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/950463 - Clarify actions when no elections are required | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/949431 - Add nova-contrib repository | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/951569 === Upcoming Events === - 2025-06-03: 15 ans d'OpenStack - OpenInfra UG, Paris: https://www.meetup.com/openstack-france/events/307492285 - 2025-06-05: OpenStack 15 ans! - OpenInfra UG, Rennes: https://www.meetup.com/openstack-rennes/events/306903998 - 2025-06-28: OpenInfra+Cloud Native Day, Vietnam: https://www.vietopeninfra.org/void2025 Thank you very much for reading! On behalf of the OpenStack TC, Goutham Pacha Ravi (gouthamr) OpenStack TC Chair [1] 2025.2 "Flamingo" Release Schedule: https://releases.openstack.org/flamingo/schedule.html [2] "cycle-trailing": https://releases.openstack.org/reference/release_models.html#cycle-trailing [3] TC resolution to replace CLA with DCO for all contributions: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/950463 [4] Developer Certificate of Origin: https://developercertificate.org/ [5] TC Meeting IRC Log 2025-05-27: https://meetings.opendev.org/meetings/tc/2025/tc.2025-05-27-17.00.html [6] Take the 2025 OpenStack User Survey: https://www.openstack.org/user-survey/survey-2025/ [7] TC Meeting Agenda, 2025-06-03: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/TechnicalCommittee#Next_Meeting