Proposed 2023.2 Bobcat release schedule

This is a proposed release schedule for OpenStack 2023.2 "Bobcat",
with a total duration of 28 weeks.

Change-Id: I74f77cadd76ea887d8aa5b79251615c78d46aa1a

data/series_status.yaml

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 ---
+- name: bobcat
+  status: future
+  initial-release: 2023-10-04
+  next-phase:
+    status: development
+    date: 2023-03-22
 - name: antelope
   status: development
   slurp: yes

doc/source/bobcat/highlights.rst

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+================================
+2023.2 Bobcat Release Highlights
+================================
+
+.. note::
+  These are significant changes reported directly from the project teams and
+  have not been processed in any way. Some highlights may be more significant
+  than others. Please do not take this list as a definitive set of highlights
+  for the release until the Open Infrastructure Foundation marketing staff
+  have had a chance to compile a more accurate message out of these changes.
+
+.. serieshighlights::
+   :series: bobcat
+

doc/source/bobcat/index.rst

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+=============
+2023.2 Bobcat
+=============
+
+Projected Release Date: October 4, 2023
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   schedule
+
+.. toctree::
+   :hidden:
+
+   highlights
+
+.. deliverable::
+   :series: bobcat

doc/source/bobcat/schedule.rst

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+==============================
+2023.2 Bobcat Release Schedule
+==============================
+
+.. note::
+
+   Deadlines are generally the Thursday of the week on which they are noted
+   below. Exceptions to this policy will be explicitly mentioned in the event
+   description.
+
+March 22, 2023 - October 4, 2023 (28 weeks)
+
+.. datatemplate::
+   :source: schedule.yaml
+   :template: schedule_table.tmpl
+
+.. ics::
+   :source: schedule.yaml
+   :name: Bobcat
+
+`Subscribe to iCalendar file <schedule.ics>`_
+
+Cross-project events
+====================
+
+.. _b-1:
+
+Bobcat-1 milestone
+------------------
+
+May 11, 2023 is the Bobcat-1 milestone. See project-specific notes
+for relevant deadlines.
+
+.. _b-cycle-trail:
+
+Bobcat Cycle-Trailing Release Deadline
+--------------------------------------
+
+All projects following the cycle-trailing release model must release
+their Bobcat deliverables by June 1st, 2023.
+
+.. _b-summit:
+
+OpenInfra Summit in Vancouver
+-----------------------------
+
+From June 13 to June 15, 2023, the OpenStack community will gather in Vancouver
+for the OpenInfra Summit. Discussions on the future of the software, as well as
+project team meetings will happen there.
+
+.. _b-2:
+
+Bobcat-2 milestone
+------------------
+
+July 6, 2023 is the Bobcat-2 milestone. See project-specific notes
+for relevant deadlines.
+
+.. _b-mf:
+
+Membership Freeze
+-----------------
+
+Projects must participate in at least two milestones in order to be considered
+part of the release. Projects made official after the second milestone, or
+which fail to produce milestone releases for at least one of the first and
+second milestones as well as the third milestone, are therefore not considered
+part of the release for the cycle. This does not apply to cycle-trailing
+packaging / lifecycle management projects.
+
+.. _b-extra-atc-freeze:
+
+Extra-ATC freeze
+----------------
+
+All contributions to OpenStack are valuable, 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 contribution this cycle, and therefore won't
+automatically be considered an 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.
+
+.. _b-final-lib:
+
+Final release for non-client libraries
+--------------------------------------
+
+Libraries that are not client libraries (Oslo and others) should issue their
+final release during this week. That allows to give time for last-minute
+changes before feature freeze.
+
+.. _b-3:
+
+Bobcat-3 milestone
+------------------
+
+August 31, 2023 is the Bobcat-3 milestone. See project-specific notes
+for relevant deadlines.
+
+.. _b-ff:
+
+Feature freeze
+--------------
+
+The Bobcat-3 milestone marks feature freeze for projects following the
+`release:cycle-with-rc`_ model. No featureful patch should be landed
+after this point. Exceptions may be granted by the project PTL.
+
+.. _release:cycle-with-rc: https://releases.openstack.org/reference/release_models.html#cycle-with-rc
+
+.. _b-final-clientlib:
+
+Final release for client libraries
+----------------------------------
+
+Client libraries should issue their final release during this week, to match
+feature freeze.
+
+.. _b-soft-sf:
+
+Soft StringFreeze
+-----------------
+
+You are no longer allowed to accept proposed changes containing modifications
+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).
+
+.. _b-rf:
+
+Requirements freeze
+-------------------
+
+After the Bobcat-3 milestone, only critical requirements and constraints
+changes will be allowed. Freezing our requirements list gives packagers
+downstream an opportunity to catch up and prepare packages for everything
+necessary for distributions of the upcoming release. The requirements remain
+frozen until the stable branches are created, with the release candidates.
+
+.. _b-rc1:
+
+RC1 target week
+---------------
+
+The week of September 11, 2023 is the target date for projects following the
+`release:cycle-with-rc`_ model to issue their first release candidate.
+
+.. _b-hard-sf:
+
+Hard StringFreeze
+-----------------
+
+This 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 their efforts.
+
+.. _b-finalrc:
+
+Final RCs and intermediary releases
+-----------------------------------
+
+The week of September 25, 2023 is the last week to issue release
+candidates or intermediary releases before release week. During release week,
+only final-release-critical releases will be accepted (at the discretion of
+the release team).
+
+.. _b-final:
+
+Bobcat release
+--------------
+
+The Bobcat coordinated release will happen on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
+
+.. _b-cycle-highlights:
+
+Cycle Highlights
+----------------
+
+Cycle highlights need to be added to the release deliverables after the
+feature freeze to be included in any marketing release messaging.
+Highlights may be added after this point, but they will likely only be
+useful for historical purposes.
+
+See the `Project Team Guide`_ for more details and instructions on adding
+these highlights.
+
+For examples of previous release highlights:
+`Stein Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/stein/highlights.html>`_,
+`Train Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/train/highlights.html>`_,
+`Ussuri Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/ussuri/highlights.html>`_,
+`Victoria Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/victoria/highlights.html>`_,
+`Wallaby Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/wallaby/highlights.html>`_,
+`Xena Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/xena/highlights.html>`_,
+`Yoga Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/yoga/highlights.html>`_,
+`Zed Highlights <https://releases.openstack.org/zed/highlights.html>`_.
+
+.. _Project Team Guide: https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-highlights
+
+
+Project-specific events
+=======================
+

doc/source/bobcat/schedule.yaml

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+---
+start-week: 2023-03-27
+release-week: 2023-10-02
+cycle:
+- end: '2023-03-24'
+  start: '2023-03-20'
+  x-project:
+  - a-final
+- end: '2023-03-31'
+  name: R-27
+  start: '2023-03-27'
+- end: '2023-04-07'
+  name: R-26
+  start: '2023-04-03'
+- end: '2023-04-14'
+  name: R-25
+  start: '2023-04-10'
+- end: '2023-04-21'
+  name: R-24
+  start: '2023-04-17'
+- end: '2023-04-28'
+  name: R-23
+  start: '2023-04-24'
+- end: '2023-05-05'
+  name: R-22
+  start: '2023-05-01'
+- end: '2023-05-12'
+  name: R-21
+  start: '2023-05-08'
+  x-project:
+  - b-1
+- end: '2023-05-19'
+  name: R-20
+  start: '2023-05-15'
+- end: '2023-05-26'
+  name: R-19
+  start: '2023-05-22'
+- end: '2023-06-02'
+  name: R-18
+  start: '2023-05-29'
+  x-project:
+  - b-cycle-trail
+- end: '2023-06-09'
+  name: R-17
+  start: '2023-06-05'
+- end: '2023-06-16'
+  name: R-16
+  start: '2023-06-12'
+  x-project:
+  - b-summit
+- end: '2023-06-23'
+  name: R-15
+  start: '2023-06-19'
+- end: '2023-06-30'
+  name: R-14
+  start: '2023-06-26'
+- end: '2023-07-07'
+  name: R-13
+  start: '2023-07-03'
+  x-project:
+  - b-2
+  - b-mf
+- end: '2023-07-14'
+  name: R-12
+  start: '2023-07-10'
+- end: '2023-07-21'
+  name: R-11
+  start: '2023-07-17'
+- end: '2023-07-28'
+  name: R-10
+  start: '2023-07-24'
+- end: '2023-08-04'
+  name: R-9
+  start: '2023-07-31'
+- end: '2023-08-11'
+  name: R-8
+  start: '2023-08-07'
+- end: '2023-08-18'
+  name: R-7
+  start: '2023-08-14'
+  x-project:
+  - b-extra-atc-freeze
+- end: '2023-08-25'
+  name: R-6
+  start: '2023-08-21'
+  x-project:
+  - b-final-lib
+- end: '2023-09-01'
+  name: R-5
+  start: '2023-08-28'
+  x-project:
+  - b-3
+  - b-ff
+  - b-final-clientlib
+  - b-soft-sf
+  - b-rf
+  - b-cycle-highlights
+- end: '2023-09-08'
+  name: R-4
+  start: '2023-09-04'
+- end: '2023-09-15'
+  name: R-3
+  start: '2023-09-11'
+  x-project:
+  - b-rc1
+  - b-hard-sf
+- end: '2023-09-22'
+  name: R-2
+  start: '2023-09-18'
+- end: '2023-09-29'
+  name: R-1
+  start: '2023-09-25'
+  x-project:
+  - b-finalrc
+- end: '2023-10-06'
+  name: R+0
+  start: '2023-10-02'
+  x-project:
+  - b-final
+

doc/source/index.rst

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    :maxdepth: 1
    :hidden:
 
+   bobcat/index
    antelope/index
    zed/index
    yoga/index