So I included this in a reply to a message about the freeze date, however I should probably send a separate message to facilitate better tracking etc.

There are a number of in progress patches for Cinder that didn't make it before the freeze date and I'd like to request an exception for them.  The first three items have been in progress reviews for stable.  Each of them are viewed as safe and address valid customer reported issues.

There is also one outstanding item that I've been waiting on to land in master to do a backport on [4] that I'd also like to see considered for acceptance as well.  It would be a shame for these issues to slip out to the next stable release.  I realize that this one might be pushing it in terms of the time-line but I'd be interested in raising it anyway.

Thanks,

John