[release] Release countdown for week R-5 Sept 7 - 11

Sean McGinnis sean.mcginnis at gmx.com
Tue Sep 8 10:57:28 UTC 2020


We are getting close to the end of the Victoria cycle! Next week on
September 10 is the victoria-3 milestone, also known as feature freeze.
It's time to wrap up feature work in the services and their client
libraries, and defer features that won't make it to Wallaby.

General Information
-------------------

This coming week is the deadline for client libraries: their last feature
release needs to happen before "Client library freeze" on September 3.
Only bugfix releases will be allowed beyond this point.

When requesting those library releases, you can also include the
stable/victoria branching request with the review. As an example, see the
"branches" section here:
https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2

September 10 is also the deadline for feature work in all OpenStack
deliverables following the cycle-with-rc model. To help those projects
produce a first release candidate in time, only bugfixes should be allowed
in the master branch beyond this point. Any feature work past that deadline
has to be raised as a Feature Freeze Exception (FFE) and approved by the
team PTL.

Finally, feature freeze is also the deadline for submitting a first version
of your cycle-highlights. Cycle highlights are the raw data hat helps shape
what is communicated in press releases and other release activity at the
end of the cycle, avoiding direct contacts from marketing folks. See
https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights
for more details.

Upcoming Deadlines & Dates
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Client library freeze: September 10 (R-5 week)
Victoria-3 milestone: September 10 (R-5 week)
Cycle Highlights Due: September 10 (R-5 week)
Final Victoria release: October 14
Open Infra Summit: October 19-23
Wallaby PTG: October 26-30



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