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The ocata-em tag request is up for review:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/608296/

On 9/28/2018 11:21 AM, Matt Riedemann wrote:
> Per the other thread on this [1] I've created an etherpad [2] to track 
> what needs to happen to get nova's stable/ocata branch ready for 
> Extended Maintenance [3] which means we need to flush our existing Ocata 
> backports that we want in the final Ocata release before tagging the 
> branch as ocata-em, after which point we won't do releases from that 
> branch anymore.
> 
> The etherpad lists each open ocata backport along with any of its 
> related backports on newer branches like pike/queens/etc. Since we need 
> the backports to go in order, we need to review and merge the changes on 
> the newer branches first. With the state of the gate lately, we really 
> can't sit on our hands here because it will probably take up to a week 
> just to merge all of the changes for each branch.
> 
> Once the Ocata backports are flushed through, we'll cut the final 
> release and tag the branch as being in extended maintenance.
> 
> Do we want to coordinate a review day next week for the 
> nova-stable-maint core team, like Tuesday, or just trust that you all 
> know who you are and will help out as necessary in getting these reviews 
> done? Non-stable cores are also welcome to help review here to make sure 
> we're not missing something, which is also a good way to get noticed as 
> caring about stable branches and eventually get you on the stable maint 
> core team.
> 
> [1] 
> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2018-September/thread.html#134810 
> 
> [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/nova-ocata-em
> [3] 
> https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-branches.html#extended-maintenance


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Thanks,

Matt