<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-magicdomid2" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Development Focus</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid3" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">-----------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid4" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid5" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Work on libraries should be wrapping up, in preparation for the various</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid6" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">library-related deadlines coming up. Now is a good time to make decisions</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid7" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">on deferring feature work to the next development cycle in order to be</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid8" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">able to focus on finishing already-started feature work.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid9" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid10" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid11" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid12" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid13" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">We are now getting close to the end of the cycle, and will be gradually</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid14" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">freezing feature work on the various deliverables that make up the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid15" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">OpenStack release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid16" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid17" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">This coming week is the deadline for general libraries (except client</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid18" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">libraries): their last feature release needs to happen before "Non-client</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid19" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">library freeze" on </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">Feb 09</span><span class="gmail-">. Only bugfixes releases will be allowed</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid20" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">beyond this point.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid21" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid22" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">When requesting those library releases, you can also include the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid23" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">2023.1</span><span class="gmail-"> branching request with the review (as example</span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">s</span><span class="gmail-">, see the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid24" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">"branches" section here:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid25" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-url"><a href="https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/os-brick.yaml#n2</a></span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid26" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh gmail-url"><a href="https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/antelope/release-test.yaml" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/antelope/release-test.yaml</a></span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid27" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid28" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">In the next weeks we will have deadlines for:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid29" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid30" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">* Client libraries (think python-*client libraries), which need to have</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid31" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">their last feature release before "Client library freeze" (</span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">February 16</span><span class="gmail-">)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid32" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid33" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid34" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">services), which observe a Feature freeze on that same date, </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">February 16</span><span class="gmail-">.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid35" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Any feature addition beyond that date should be discussed on the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid36" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">mailing-list and get PTL approval.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid37" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid38" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">As we are getting to the point of creating stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">2023.1</span><span class="gmail-"> branches, this</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid39" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">would be a good point for teams to review membership in their</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid60" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z76zg9z81zz85zz88zz88zz78ziz83zz77zcz70z5a2">$project</span><span class="gmail-">-stable-maint groups. Once the stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">2023.1</span><span class="gmail-"> branches are cut</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid41" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">for a repo, the ability to approve any necessary backports into those</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid66" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">branches for </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z76zg9z81zz85zz88zz88zz78ziz83zz77zcz70z5a2">2023.1 </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">Antelope</span><span class="gmail-"> will be limited to the members of that stable team.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid43" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">If there are any questions about stable policy or stable team membership,</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid83" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">please reach out in the #openstack-stable channel</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z76zg9z81zz85zz88zz88zz78ziz83zz77zcz70z5a2"> (and ping elodilles).</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid45" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid46" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid47" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid48" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid49" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Non-client library freeze: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">February 09</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-6 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid50" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Client library freeze: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">February  16</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-5 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid51" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">Antelope</span><span class="gmail-">-3 milestone: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">February  16</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-5 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid89" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Cycle Highlights Due: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">February  23</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-</span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">4</span><span class="gmail-"> week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid94" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z76zg9z81zz85zz88zz88zz78ziz83zz77zcz70z5a2">2023.1 </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">Antelope</span><span class="gmail-"> final release: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-alxdz72z47z83zhoz122zz74zvagh">March 22</span></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hervé Beraud</div><div>Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat</div><div>irc: hberaud</div><div><a href="https://github.com/4383/" target="_blank">https://github.com/4383/</a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/4383hberaud" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/4383hberaud</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>