<div dir="ltr"><div>It's my intention to execute these changes tomorrow, Jan 11th. Please take notice.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jay Faulkner<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 9:04 AM Jay Faulkner <<a href="mailto:jay@gr-oss.io">jay@gr-oss.io</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid8"><span>OpenStack Community and Operators,</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid9"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid10"><span>As documented in </span><span><a href="https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/specs/approved/new-release-model.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/specs/approved/new-release-model.html</a></span><span>,
 Ironic performs bugfix releases in the middle of a cycle to permit 
downstream packagers to more rapidly deliver features to standalone 
Ironic users.</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid11"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid12"><span>However,
 we've neglected as a project to cleanup or EOL any of these branches --
 until now. Please take notice that during the first week in January, we
 will be EOL-ing all old, unsupported Ironic bugfix branches. This will 
be handled similarly to an EOL of a stable branch; we will create a tag 
-- e.g. for bugfix/x.y branch, we would tag bugfix-x.y-eol -- then 
remove the branch.</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid13"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid14"><span>These
 branches have been out of support for months and should not be in use 
in your Ironic clusters. If you are using any branches slated for 
retirement, please immediately upgrade to a supported Ironic version.</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid15"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid16"><span>A full listing of projects and branches impacted:</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid17"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid18"><span>ironic branches being retired</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid19"><span>bugfix/15.1</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid20"><span>bugfix/15.2</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid21"><span>bugfix/16.1  </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid22"><span>bugfix/16.2  </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid23"><span>bugfix/18.0  </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid24"><span>bugfix/20.0 </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid25"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid26"><span>ironic-python-agent branches being retired</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid27"><span>bugfix/6.2   </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid28"><span>bugfix/6.3   </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid29"><span>bugfix/6.5   </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid30"><span>bugfix/6.6   </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid31"><span>bugfix/8.0   </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid32"><span>bugfix/8.4</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid33"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid34"><span>ironic-inspector branches being retired</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid35"><span>bugfix/10.2  </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid36"><span>bugfix/10.3  </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid37"><span>bugfix/10.5  </span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid38"><span>bugfix/10.10</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid40"><br></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid41"><span>Thank you,</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid42"><span>Jay Faulkner</span></div><div id="m_-7866926669346075061gmail-magicdomid43"><span>Ironic PTL</span></div></div>
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