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Excerpts from joehuang's message of 2017-01-13 01:23:08 +0000:
> Hello, Doug,
> 
> One question, according to the guide for self-branch[1], the Ocata stable branch should be created for RC1 tag for projects using the cycle-with-milestone release model. The date for RC1 one is Jan 30 - Feb 03 according to the schedule [2]. Tricircle is one big-tent project with  cycle-with-intermediary mode, and has dependency on stable Neutron, should Tricircle Ocata stable branch be created during  Jan 30 - Feb 03 or later than Feb 03? I think Neutron Ocata stable branch will be created during Jan 30 - Feb 03.

You'll probably want to wait until after the Neutron stable branch has
been created. You can submit the branch request and either mark it WIP
or add a Depends-On to prevent it from merging before the neutron
request.

Doug

> 
> [1]http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/releases/tree/README.rst#n66
> [2] https://releases.openstack.org/ocata/schedule.html
> 
> Best Regards
> Chaoyi Huang (joehuang)
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Doug Hellmann [doug at doughellmann.com]
> Sent: 13 January 2017 2:34
> To: openstack-dev
> Subject: [openstack-dev] [release] Release countdown for week R-5, Jan 16-20
> 
> Focus
> -----
> 
> Feature work and major refactoring should be starting to wrap up
> as we approach the third milestone and various feature and release
> freeze dates.
> 
> The deadline for non-client library releases is Thursday 19 Jan.
> We do not grant Feature Freeze Extensions for any libraries, so
> that is a hard freeze date. Any feature work that requires updates
> to non-client libraries should be prioritized so it can be completed
> by that time.
> 
> Release Tasks
> -------------
> 
> As we did at the end of Newton, when the time comes to create
> stable/ocata branches they will be configured so that members of
> the $project-release group in gerrit have permission to approve
> patches.  This group should be a small subset of the core review
> team, aware of the priorities and criteria for patches to be approved
> as we work toward release candidates. Release liaisons should ensure
> that these groups exist in gerrit and that their membership is
> correct for this cycle.  Please coordinate with the release management
> team if you have any questions.
> 
> General Notes
> -------------
> 
> We will start the soft string freeze during R-4 (23-27 Jan). See
> https://releases.openstack.org/ocata/schedule.html#o-soft-sf for
> details
> 
> The release team is now publishing the release calendar using ICS.
> Subscribe your favorite calendaring software to
> https://releases.openstack.org/schedule.ics for automatic updates.
> 
> Important Dates
> ---------------
> 
> Final release of non-client libraries: 19 Jan
> 
> Ocata 3 Milestone, with Feature and Requirements Freezes: 26 Jan
> 
> Ocata release schedule: http://releases.openstack.org/ocata/schedule.html
>