glance-specs/priorities/2024.1-priorities.rst

2024.1 Project Priorities

The Caracal Cycle priorities were discussed during Caracal Virtual PTG. The preliminary list was maintained on the Caracal PTG etherpad.

This list is an estimate of what the Glance project team can accomplish during the 2024.1 Cycle based on our developer's estimates of how much time they can commit to Glance.

The following indicates milestonewise priorities.

Priority Item	Owner(s)	Spec(s)	Target release milestone
New Location APIs	Pranali Deore	new location apis	M2
Centralize DB for cache	Abhishek Kekane	centralize DB for cache	M2
Deprecate Location Strategy	Abhishek Kekane	deprecate location strategy	M2
Deprecate Cachemanage middleware	Abhishek Kekane	deprecate cachemanage middleware	M2
Remove/Migrate Single Store Tests	Pranali Deore	None	M3
All image/metadef APIs OSC & SDK Support	Mridula Joshi	None	M3
Image Encryption	Josephine Seifert	image encryption	M3

Important dates

This is an abbreviated list focused on dates relevant to Glance. See Caracal Release Schedule for the complete list for OpenStack.

Milestone	Week of	What
R-20	Nov 17	Caracal-1 Milestone
R-12	Jan 12	Caracal-2 Milestone Glance Spec freeze
R-6	Feb 23	glance_store Caracal release (final release for non-client libraries)
R-5	Mar 01	Caracal-3 milestone Glance feature freeze python-glanceclient caracal release (final release for client libraries);
R-3	Mar 15	RC-1 release and string freeze
R-1	Mar 29	final RCs
R-0	Apr 05	Caracal release