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Development Focus
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At this point we should have release candidates (RC1 or recent intermediary
release) for all the Train deliverables. Teams should be working on any release
critical bugs that would require another RC or intermediary release before the
final release.

Actions
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Early in the week, the release team will be proposing stable/train branch
creation for all deliverables that have not branched yet, using the latest
available Train release as the branch point. If your team is ready to go for
creating that branch, please let us know by leaving a +1 on these patches.

If you would like to wait for another release before branching, you can -1 the
patch and update it later in the week with the new release you would like to
use. By the end of the week the release team will merge those patches though,
unless an exception is granted.

Once stable/train branches are created, if a release-critical bug is detected,
you will need to fix the issue in the master branch first, then backport the
fix to the stable/train branch before releasing out of the stable/train branch.

After all of the cycle-with-rc projects have branched we will branch devstack,
grenade, and the requirements repos. This will effectively open them up for
Ussuri development, though the focus should still be on finishing up Train
until the final release.

For projects with translations, watch for any translation patches coming
through and merge them quickly. A new release should be produced so that
translations are included in the final Train release.

Finally, now is a good time to finalize release notes. In particular, consider
adding any relevant "prelude" content. Release notes are targetted for the
downstream consumers of your project, so it would be great to include any
useful information for those that are going to pick up and use or deploy the
Train version of your project.

Upcoming Deadlines & Dates
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Final RC deadline: October 10 (R-1 week)
Final Train release: October 16
Forum+PTG at Shanghai summit: November 4