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Your long awaited countdown email...

Development Focus
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It's probably a good time for teams to take stock of their library and client
work that needs to be completed yet. The non-client library freeze is coming
up, followed closely by the client lib freeze. Please plan accordingly so avoid
any last minute rushes to get key functionality in.

General Information
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We have a few deadlines coming up as we get closer to the end of the cycle:
    
    * Non-client libraries (generally, any library that is not
      python-${PROJECT}client) must have a final release by February 28. Only
      critical bugfixes will be allowed past this point. Please make sure any
      important feature works has required library changes by this time.
    
    * Client libraries must have a final release by March 7.

We will be proposing a few patches to switch some cycle-with-intermediary
deliverables over to cycle-with-rc if they are not actually doing intermediary
releases. PTLs and release liaisons, please watch for being added to any of
those reviews. If the switch is not desired, this is a good time to do an
intermediary release if you have been putting it off. More information can be
found in our post to the mailing list back in December:
    
    http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2018-December/000465.html

It is also a good time to start planning what highlights you want for your
project team in the cycle highlights:

Background on cycle-highlights: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-December/125613.html
Project Team Guide, Cycle-Highlights: https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights
knelson [at] openstack.org/diablo_rojo on IRC is available if you need help selecting or writing your highlights

Upcoming Deadlines & Dates
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Non-client library freeze: February 28
Stein-3 milestone: March 7

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Sean McGinnis (smcginnis)