Open Stack

Development Focus
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We are getting close to the end of the 2023.1 Antelope cycle! Next week 
on February 16 is the Antelope-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 the 2023.2 
Bobcat cycle.

General Information
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This coming week is the deadline for client libraries: their last 
feature release needs to happen before "Client library freeze" on 
February 16. Only bugfix releases will be allowed beyond this point.

When requesting those library releases, you can also include the 
stable/2023.1 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

February 16 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 a good time for submitting a first 
version of your cycle-highlights, ahead of the deadline on February 23. 
Cycle highlights are the raw data that 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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Early bird deadline for OpenInfra Summit registration: February 15
Antelope-3 milestone (feature freeze): February 16 (R-5 week)
Cycle Highlights Due: February 23 (R-4 week)
RC1 deadline: March 2 (R-3 week)
Final RC deadline: March 16 (R-1 week)
Final 2023.1 Antelope release: March 22
Virtual PTG: March 27-31

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)