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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-27 (PTG (virtual))
DTSTART:20230327
DTEND:20230401
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-27
DESCRIPTION:PTG (virtual)\n\nFrom March 27 to March 31 we’ll have a virt
 ual PTG to plan the Bobcat release schedule.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-26
DTSTART:20230403
DTEND:20230408
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-26
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-25
DTSTART:20230410
DTEND:20230415
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-25
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-24
DTSTART:20230417
DTEND:20230422
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-24
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-23
DTSTART:20230424
DTEND:20230429
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-23
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-22
DTSTART:20230501
DTEND:20230506
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-22
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-21 (Bobcat-1 milestone)
DTSTART:20230508
DTEND:20230513
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-21
DESCRIPTION:Bobcat-1 milestone\n\nMay 11\, 2023 is the Bobcat-1 milestone.
  See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-20
DTSTART:20230515
DTEND:20230520
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-20
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-19
DTSTART:20230522
DTEND:20230527
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-19
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-18 (Antelope Cycle-Trailing Release Deadline)
DTSTART:20230529
DTEND:20230603
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-18
DESCRIPTION:Antelope Cycle-Trailing Release Deadline\n\nAll projects follo
 wing the cycle-trailing release model must release their Antelope delivera
 bles by June 1st\, 2023.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-17
DTSTART:20230605
DTEND:20230610
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-17
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-16 (OpenInfra Summit in Vancouver)
DTSTART:20230612
DTEND:20230617
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-16
DESCRIPTION:OpenInfra Summit in Vancouver\n\nFrom June 13 to June 15\, 202
 3\, the OpenStack community will gather in Vancouver for the OpenInfra Sum
 mit. Discussions on the future of the software\, as well as project team m
 eetings will happen there.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-15
DTSTART:20230619
DTEND:20230624
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-15
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-14
DTSTART:20230626
DTEND:20230701
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-14
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-13 (Bobcat-2 milestone\; Membership Freeze)
DTSTART:20230703
DTEND:20230708
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-13
DESCRIPTION:Bobcat-2 milestone\n\nJuly 6\, 2023 is the Bobcat-2 milestone.
  See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.\n\n\n\nMembership Free
 ze\n\nProjects must participate in at least two milestones in order to be 
 considered part of the release. Projects made official after the second mi
 lestone\, or which fail to produce milestone releases for at least one of 
 the first and second milestones as well as the third milestone\, are there
 fore not considered part of the release for the cycle. This does not apply
  to cycle-trailing packaging / lifecycle management projects.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-12
DTSTART:20230710
DTEND:20230715
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-12
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-11
DTSTART:20230717
DTEND:20230722
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-11
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-10
DTSTART:20230724
DTEND:20230729
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-10
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-9
DTSTART:20230731
DTEND:20230805
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-9
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-8
DTSTART:20230807
DTEND:20230812
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-8
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-7 (Extra-ATC freeze)
DTSTART:20230814
DTEND:20230819
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-7
DESCRIPTION:Extra-ATC freeze\n\nAll contributions to OpenStack are valuabl
 e\, but some are not expressed as Gerrit code changes. That allow teams to
  list active contributors to their projects and who do not have a code con
 tribution this cycle\, and therefore won’t automatically be considered a
 n Active Technical Contributor and allowed to vote. This is done by adding
  extra-atcs to https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/
 reference/projects.yaml before the Extra-ATC freeze on August 17\, 2023.\n
 \n
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-6 (Final release for non-client libraries\; 2024.1 Electi
 on Nomination Begins)
DTSTART:20230821
DTEND:20230826
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-6
DESCRIPTION:Final release for non-client libraries\n\nLibraries that are n
 ot client libraries (Oslo and others) should issue their final release dur
 ing this week. That allows to give time for last-minute changes before fea
 ture freeze.\n\n\n\n2024.1 Election Nomination Begins\n\nCandidates intere
 sted in serving for the next calendar year (TC)\, or development cycle (PT
 L) should announce their candidacies and platforms during this week.  Plea
 se see the Election site for specific timing information.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-5 (Bobcat-3 milestone\; Feature freeze\; Final release fo
 r client libraries\; Soft StringFreeze\; Requirements freeze\; Cycle Highl
 ights\; 2024.1 Election Nomination Begins)
DTSTART:20230828
DTEND:20230902
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-5
DESCRIPTION:Bobcat-3 milestone\n\nAugust 31\, 2023 is the Bobcat-3 milesto
 ne. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.\n\n\n\nFeature free
 ze\n\nThe Bobcat-3 milestone marks feature freeze for projects following t
 he release:cycle-with-rc model. No featureful patch should be landed after
  this point. Exceptions may be granted by the project PTL.\n\n\n\n\n\nFina
 l release for client libraries\n\nClient libraries should issue their fina
 l release during this week\, to match feature freeze.\n\n\n\nSoft StringFr
 eeze\n\nYou are no longer allowed to accept proposed changes containing mo
 difications in user-facing strings. Such changes should be rejected by the
  review team and postponed until the next series development opens (which 
 should happen when RC1 is published).\n\n\n\nRequirements freeze\n\nAfter 
 the Bobcat-3 milestone\, only critical requirements and constraints change
 s will be allowed. Freezing our requirements list gives packagers downstre
 am an opportunity to catch up and prepare packages for everything necessar
 y for distributions of the upcoming release. The requirements remain froze
 n until the stable branches are created\, with the release candidates.\n\n
 \n\nCycle Highlights\n\nCycle highlights need to be added to the release d
 eliverables after the feature freeze to be included in any marketing relea
 se messaging. Highlights may be added after this point\, but they will lik
 ely only be useful for historical purposes.\n\nSee the Project Team Guide 
 for more details and instructions on adding these highlights.\n\nFor examp
 les of previous release highlights: Stein Highlights\, Train Highlights\, 
 Ussuri Highlights\, Victoria Highlights\, Wallaby Highlights\, Xena Highli
 ghts\, Yoga Highlights\, Zed Highlights.\n\n\n\n2024.1 Election Nomination
  Begins\n\nCandidates interested in serving for the next calendar year (TC
 )\, or development cycle (PTL) should announce their candidacies and platf
 orms during this week.  Please see the Election site for specific timing i
 nformation.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-4 (2024.1 Election Email Deadline\; 2024.1 Election Campa
 igning Begins)
DTSTART:20230904
DTEND:20230909
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-4
DESCRIPTION:2024.1 Election Email Deadline\n\nContributors that will be in
  the electorate for the upcoming election should confirm their gerrit emai
 l addresses by this date (August 30th\, 2023 at 00:00 UTC). Electorate rol
 ls are generated after this date and ballots will be sent to the listed ge
 rrit email address.\n\n\n\n2024.1 Election Campaigning Begins\n\nThe elect
 orate has time to ask candidates questions about their platforms and debat
 e topics before polling begins.  Please see the Election site for specific
  timing information.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-3 (RC1 target week\; Hard StringFreeze\; 2024.1 Election 
 Polling Begins)
DTSTART:20230911
DTEND:20230916
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-3
DESCRIPTION:RC1 target week\n\nThe week of September 11\, 2023 is the targ
 et date for projects following the release:cycle-with-rc model to issue th
 eir first release candidate.\n\n\n\nHard StringFreeze\n\nThis happens when
  the RC1 for the project is tagged. At this point\, ideally no strings are
  changed (or added\, or removed)\, to give translators time to finish up t
 heir efforts.\n\n\n\n2024.1 Election Polling Begins\n\nElection polling fo
 r open seats on the TC and any required PTL elections. Please see the Elec
 tion site for specific timing information.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R-2 (2024.1 Election Polling Begins)
DTSTART:20230918
DTEND:20230923
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-2
DESCRIPTION:2024.1 Election Polling Begins\n\nElection polling for open se
 ats on the TC and any required PTL elections. Please see the Election site
  for specific timing information.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bobcat R-1 (Final RCs and intermediary releases\; 2024.1 Election 
 Polling Ends)
DTSTART:20230925
DTEND:20230930
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R-1
DESCRIPTION:Final RCs and intermediary releases\n\nThe week of September 2
 5\, 2023 is the last week to issue release candidates or intermediary rele
 ases before release week. During release week\, only final-release-critica
 l releases will be accepted (at the discretion of the release team).\n\n\n
 \n2024.1 Election Polling Ends\n\nAll polls close in the 2024.1 Election a
 nd results announced.  Please see the Election site for specific timing in
 formation.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Bobcat R+0 (Bobcat release)
DTSTART:20231002
DTEND:20231007
DTSTAMP:20230703T201539Z
UID:Bobcat-R+0
DESCRIPTION:Bobcat release\n\nThe Bobcat coordinated release will happen o
 n Wednesday\, October 4\, 2023.\n\n
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