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Hi.

We're soon to hit feature freeze, as discussed in Thierry's recent
email. I'd like to outline the process for requesting a freeze
exception:

    * your code must already be up for review
    * your blueprint must have an approved spec
    * you need three (3) sponsoring cores for an exception to be granted
    * exceptions must be granted before midnight, Friday this week
(September 5) UTC
    * the exception is valid until midnight Friday next week
(September 12) UTC when all exceptions expire

For reference, our rc1 drops on approximately 25 September, so the
exception period needs to be short to maximise stabilization time.

John Garbutt and I will both be granting exceptions, to maximise our
timezone coverage. We will grant exceptions as they come in and gather
the required number of cores, although I have also carved some time
out in the nova IRC meeting this week for people to discuss specific
exception requests.

Michael

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