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 24th. Only bugfixes releases will 
be allowed beyond this point.

When requesting those library releases, you can also include the 
stable/2023.2 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" (August 31st)

* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most 
services), which observe a Feature freeze on that same date, August 
31st. 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/2023.2 branches, this 
would be a good point for teams to review membership in their 
$project-stable-maint groups. Once the stable/2023.2 branches are cut 
for a repo, the ability to approve any necessary backports into those 
branches for 2023.2 "Bobcat" final release 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 24th, 2023 (R-6 week)
Client library freeze: August 31st, 2023 (R-5 week)
Bobcat-3 milestone: August 31st, 2023 (R-5 week)
Cycle Highlights Due: August 31st, 2023 (R-5 week)
Final 2023.2 Bobcat release: October 4th, 2023

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)