Open Stack

Development Focus
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Work on libraries should be wrapping up, in preparation for the various
library-related deadlines coming up. Now is a good time to make decisions
on deferring feature work to the next development cycle in order to be
able to focus on finishing already-started feature work.

General Information
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We are now getting close to the end of the cycle, and will be gradually
freezing feature work on the various deliverables that make up the
OpenStack release.

This coming week is the deadline for general libraries (except client
libraries): their last feature release needs to happen before "Non-client
library freeze" on August 25th, 2022. Only bugfix releases will be
allowed beyond this point.

When requesting those library releases, you can also include the
stable/zed 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

In the next weeks we will have deadlines for:

* Client libraries (think python-*client libraries), which need to have
   their last feature release before "Client library freeze" (September
   1st, 2022)

* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most
   services), which observe a Feature freeze on that same date,
   September 1st, 2022. Any feature addition beyond that date should be
   discussed on the mailing-list and get PTL approval.

As we are getting to the point of creating stable/zed branches, this
would be a good point for teams to review membership in their
$project-stable-maint groups. Once the stable/zed branches are cut
for a repo, the ability to approve any necessary backports into those
branches for Zed will be limited to the members of that stable team.
If there are any questions about stable policy or stable team membership,
please reach out in the #openstack-stable channel.

Upcoming Deadlines & Dates
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Non-client library freeze: August 25th, 2022 (R-6 week)
Client library freeze: September 1st, 2022 (R-5 week)
Zed-3 milestone: September 1st, 2022 (R-5 week)
Cycle Highlights Due: September 1st, 2022 (R-5 week)
Zed final release: October 5th, 2022


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