<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-magicdomid48" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">We are now past the </span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">Bobcat</span><span class="gmail-author-a-vz69zz66zz77zz122zz65zz87zz89zz86zz68zz75zz77zz77zz87zz76zz87z">-2</span><span class="gmail-"> milestone, and entering the last development</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid6" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">phase of the cycle. Teams should be focused on implementing planned work</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid7" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">for the cycle.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid8" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid9" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Now is a good time to review those plans and reprioritize anything if</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid10" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">needed based on the what progress has been made and what looks realistic</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid11" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">to complete in the next few weeks.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid12" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid13" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid14" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid15" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid16" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Looking ahead to the end of the release cycle, please be aware of the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid17" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">feature freeze dates. Those vary depending on deliverable type:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid18" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid19" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">* General libraries (except client libraries) need to have their last</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid20" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  feature release before Non-client library freeze (</span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">August 24</span><span class="gmail-">). Their</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid21" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  stable branches are cut early.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid22" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid23" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">* Client libraries (think python-*client libraries) need to have their</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid24" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  last feature release before Client library freeze (</span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">August 31</span><span class="gmail-">)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid25" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid26" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">* Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid27" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  services) observe a Feature freeze on that same date, </span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">August 31</span><span class="gmail-">.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid28" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  Any feature addition beyond that date should be discussed on the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid29" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  mailing-list and get PTL approval. After feature freeze, cycle-with-rc</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid30" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  deliverables need to produce a first release candidate (and a stable</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid31" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  branch) before RC1 deadline (</span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">September 14</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 cycle-with-intermediary model can release as</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid34" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">  necessary, but in all cases before Final RC deadline (</span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">September 28</span><span class="gmail-">)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid35" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid36" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid37" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid38" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid39" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Non-client library freeze: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">August 24</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-6 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid40" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Client library freeze: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">August 31</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-5 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid43" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">Bobcat</span><span class="gmail-">-3 milestone: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-bn48e09z78zkz77z189tkz80z">August 31</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-5 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid45" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-vz69zz66zz77zz122zz65zz87zz89zz86zz68zz75zz77zz77zz87zz76zz87z">Final 2023.2 Bobcat release: October 4th, 2023</span></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><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><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>