Open Stack

Hi,

I'm working on getting our cinder volume driver in shape for
submission for the Liberty release. To that end, I have some questions
about the OpenStack development process.

The associated blueprint is here:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/blockbridge-eps-driver

Our volume driver is in good shape, and has been used in-house for the
better part of a year. I'm currently writing unit tests in preparation
for submission. I've signed the Individual CLA, and set up
Gerrit/git-review. The driver passes all of the style requirements
imposed by hacking, except for complaining about multiple imports from
the oslo.i18n package.

A couple questions:

1) When is it appropriate to submit the driver for review? Is
3rd-party CI a prerequisite?
2) How do we get the blueprint assigned to target a specific release?

Thanks in advance for your feedback and assistance,
Josh