<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-">The Release Candidate (RC) deadline is next Thursday, </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">September 14</span><span class="gmail-">. Work</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid6" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">should be focused on fixing any release-critical bugs.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid7" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid8" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">General Information</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid9" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">-------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid10" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid11" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">All deliverables released under a cycle-with-rc model should have a first</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid12" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">release candidate by the end of the week, from which a stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid13" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">branch will be cut. This branch will track the </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2 Bobcat</span><span class="gmail-"> release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid14" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid15" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Once stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2</span><span class="gmail-"> has been created, the master branch will be ready to</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid16" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">switch to </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2024.1 Caracal</span><span class="gmail-"> development. While the master branch will no longer</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid17" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">be feature-frozen, please prioritize any work necessary for completing</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid18" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2 Bobcat</span><span class="gmail-"> plans.  Release-critical bugfixes will need to be merged in the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid19" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">master branch first, then backported to the stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2</span><span class="gmail-"> branch before</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid20" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">a new release candidate can be proposed.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid21" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid22" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Actions</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid23" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">-------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid24" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid25" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Early in the week, the release team will be proposing RC1 patches for all</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid26" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">cycle-with-rc projects, using the latest commit from the master branch.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid27" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">If your team is ready to go for cutting RC1, please let us know by</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid28" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">leaving a +1 on these patches.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid29" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid30" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">If there are still a few more patches needed before RC1, you can -1 the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid31" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">patch and update it later in the week with the new commit hash you would</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid32" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">like to use. Remember, stable/</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2</span><span class="gmail-"> branches will be created with this,</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid33" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">so you will want to make sure you have what you need included to avoid</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid34" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">needing to backport changes from the master branch (which will</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid35" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">technically then be </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2024.1 Bobcat</span><span class="gmail-">) to this stable branch for any</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid36" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">additional RCs before the final release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid37" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid38" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">The release team will also be proposing releases for any deliverable</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid39" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">following a cycle-with-intermediary model that has not produced any </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2 Bobcat</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid40" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">release so far.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid41" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid42" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Finally, now is a good time to finalize release highlights. Release</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid43" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">highlights help shape the messaging around the release and make sure that</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid44" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">your work is properly represented.</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-">RC1 deadline: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">September 14 </span><span class="gmail-">(R-3 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid50" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Final RC deadline: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">September 28</span><span class="gmail-"> (R-1 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid51" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-">Final </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">2023.2 Bobcat</span><span class="gmail-"> release: </span><span class="gmail-author-a-z65zmnz122zyz68zz82zz90zz79zz72zz73zdz122z4e1">October 4</span></div><br clear="all"><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>