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Just out of curiosity, what is the rational behind upping the number of 
core sponsors for feature freeze exception to 3 if only two +2 are 
required to merge? In Icehouse, IIRC, two core sponsors was deemed 
sufficient.

Dan

On 09/02/2014 02:16 PM, Michael Still wrote:
> 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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