OpenStack Liberty/Ubuntu Wily release timings

[Adam Conrad]

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 12:57:35PM +0100, Iain Lane wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 12:33:48PM +0100, James Page wrote:
> > 
> > In-line with previous releases we'll need to upload further beta's and
> > release candidates as required for all core OpenStack projects (and
> > direct dependencies managed under the OpenStack umbrella) between now
> > and the 15th of October; this email is to ensure that the release team
> > are aware of this activity and are happy to continue with the approach
> > taken in previous Ubuntu releases.

This is business as usual, and I'm glad we've got a tiny bit more room
to breathe this time around.  Carry on, IMO.

> There's a Feature Freeze listed there - so do you think this will need
> some exception to the Ubuntu release process after this comes into
> effect?

We've typically had a standing FFe for OpenStack for this very reason,
and it's worked out well so far.  If testing/validation falls down and
we start shipping nasty regressions, we'll have to revisit this, but
it's all worked out well for the last few cycles.

> (For future cycles, maybe we should align our FF dates?)

NACK.  Aligning our entire distro with one upstream isn't going to
happen; continuing to grant OpenStack exceptions seems like the only
sane way forward.

... Adam