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X-WR-CALNAME:Dalmatian schedule
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-25 (PTG (virtual))
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240413
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-25
DESCRIPTION:PTG (virtual)\n\nFrom April 8 to April 12 we’ll have a virtu
 al PTG to plan the Dalmatian release schedule.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-24
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240420
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-24
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-23
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240427
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-23
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-22
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-22
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-21
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240511
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-21
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-20 (Dalmatian-1 milestone)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-20
DESCRIPTION:Dalmatian-1 milestone\n\nMay 16\, 2024 is the Dalmatian-1 mile
 stone. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-19
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240525
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-19
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-18
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-18
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-17 (2024.1 Caracal Cycle-Trailing Release Deadline)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240608
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-17
DESCRIPTION:2024.1 Caracal Cycle-Trailing Release Deadline\n\nAll projects
  following the cycle-trailing release model must release their 2024.1 Cara
 cal deliverables by June 6\, 2024.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-16
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240615
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-16
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-15
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240622
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-15
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-14
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240629
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-14
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-13 (Dalmatian-2 milestone\; Membership Freeze)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240706
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-13
DESCRIPTION:Dalmatian-2 milestone\n\nJuly 4\, 2024 is the Dalmatian-2 mile
 stone. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.\n\n\n\nMembershi
 p Freeze\n\nProjects must participate in at least two milestones in order 
 to be considered part of the release. Projects made official after the sec
 ond milestone\, or which fail to produce milestone releases for at least o
 ne 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.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-12
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240713
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-12
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-11
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240720
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-11
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-10
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240727
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-10
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-9
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240803
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-9
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-8
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240810
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-8
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-7 (Extra-AC freeze\; 2025.1 Election Nominations Open)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240817
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-7
DESCRIPTION:Extra-AC freeze\n\nAll 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 cont
 ribution this cycle\, and therefore won’t automatically be considered an
  Active Contributor and allowed to vote. This is done by adding extra-acs 
 to https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/pr
 ojects.yaml before the Extra-AC freeze date.\n\n\n\n2025.1 Election Nomina
 tions Open\n\nCandidates interested in serving for the next calendar year 
 (TC)\, or development cycle (PTL) should announce their candidacies and pl
 atforms during this two week window. The nomination period runs between 20
 24-08-14 23:45 UTC and 2024-08-28 23:45 UTC. Please see the Election site 
 for more information.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-6 (Final release for non-client libraries\; 2025.1 Ele
 ction Nominations Open)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240824
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-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\n2025.1 Election Nominations Open\n\nCandidates interes
 ted in serving for the next calendar year (TC)\, or development cycle (PTL
 ) should announce their candidacies and platforms during this two week win
 dow. The nomination period runs between 2024-08-14 23:45 UTC and 2024-08-2
 8 23:45 UTC. Please see the Election site for more information.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-5 (Dalmatian-3 milestone\; Feature freeze\; Final rele
 ase for client libraries\; Soft StringFreeze\; Requirements freeze\; 2025.
 1 Election Nominations Open\; 2025.1 Election Email Deadline\; 2025.1 Elec
 tion Campaigning Week)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240831
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-5
DESCRIPTION:Dalmatian-3 milestone\n\nAugust 29\, 2024 is the Dalmatian-3 m
 ilestone. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.\n\n\n\nFeatur
 e freeze\n\nThe Dalmatian-3 milestone marks feature freeze for projects fo
 llowing the release:cycle-with-rc model. No featureful patch should be lan
 ded after this point. Exceptions may be granted by the project PTL.\n\n\n\
 n\n\nFinal release for client libraries\n\nClient libraries should issue t
 heir final release during this week\, to match feature freeze.\n\n\n\nSoft
  StringFreeze\n\nYou are no longer allowed to accept proposed changes cont
 aining modifications in user-facing strings. Such changes should be reject
 ed by the review team and postponed until the next series development open
 s (which should happen when RC1 is published).\n\n\n\nRequirements freeze\
 n\nAfter the Dalmatian-3 milestone\, only critical requirements and constr
 aints changes will be allowed. Freezing our requirements list gives packag
 ers downstream an opportunity to catch up and prepare packages for everyth
 ing necessary for distributions of the upcoming release. The requirements 
 remain frozen until the stable branches are created\, with the release can
 didates.\n\n\n\n2025.1 Election Nominations Open\n\nCandidates interested 
 in serving for the next calendar year (TC)\, or development cycle (PTL) sh
 ould announce their candidacies and platforms during this two week window.
  The nomination period runs between 2024-08-14 23:45 UTC and 2024-08-28 23
 :45 UTC. Please see the Election site for more information.\n\n\n\n2025.1 
 Election Email Deadline\n\nContributors that will be in the electorate for
  the upcoming election should confirm their gerrit email addresses by 2024
 -08-28 00:00 UTC. Electorate rolls are generated after this date and ballo
 ts will be sent to the listed preferred gerrit email address.\n\n\n\n2025.
 1 Election Campaigning Week\n\nElection Campaigning window is between 2024
 -08-28 23:45 UTC and 2024-09-04 23:45 UTC. The electorate can use this tim
 e to ask candidates questions about their platforms and debate topics befo
 re polling begins. Please see the Election site for specific timing inform
 ation.\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-4 (Cycle Highlights\; 2025.1 Election Campaigning Week
 \; 2025.1 Election Polling Open)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240907
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-4
DESCRIPTION:Cycle Highlights\n\nCycle highlights need to be added to the r
 elease deliverables after the feature freeze to be included in any marketi
 ng release messaging. Highlights may be added after this point\, but they 
 will likely only be useful for historical purposes.\n\nSee the Project Tea
 m Guide for more details and instructions on adding these highlights.\n\nF
 or examples of previous release highlights: Stein Highlights\, Train Highl
 ights\, Ussuri Highlights\, Victoria Highlights\, Wallaby Highlights\, Xen
 a Highlights\, Yoga Highlights\, Zed Highlights. 2023.1 Antelope Highlight
 s. 2023.2 Bobcat Highlights. 2024.1 Caracal Highlights.\n\n\n\n2025.1 Elec
 tion Campaigning Week\n\nElection Campaigning window is between 2024-08-28
  23:45 UTC and 2024-09-04 23:45 UTC. The electorate can use this time to a
 sk candidates questions about their platforms and debate topics before pol
 ling begins. Please see the Election site for specific timing information.
 \n\n\n\n2025.1 Election Polling Open\n\nElection polling for open seats on
  the TC and any required PTL elections begins at 2024-09-04 23:45 UTC. Ple
 ase see the Election site for more information.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-3 (RC1 target week\; Hard StringFreeze\; 2025.1 Electi
 on Polling Open)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240914
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-3
DESCRIPTION:RC1 target week\n\nThe week of September 9\, 2024 is the targe
 t date for projects following the release:cycle-with-rc model to issue the
 ir 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 th
 eir efforts.\n\n\n\n2025.1 Election Polling Open\n\nElection polling for o
 pen seats on the TC and any required PTL elections begins at 2024-09-04 23
 :45 UTC. Please see the Election site for more information.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-2 (2025.1 Election Polling Open\; 2025.1 Election Poll
 ing End)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240921
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-2
DESCRIPTION:2025.1 Election Polling Open\n\nElection polling for open seat
 s on the TC and any required PTL elections begins at 2024-09-04 23:45 UTC.
  Please see the Election site for more information.\n\n\n\n2025.1 Election
  Polling End\n\nAll polls close in the 2025.1 Election at 2024-09-18 23:45
  UTC and results are announced. Please see the Election site for more info
 rmation.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R-1 (Final RCs and intermediary releases)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240928
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R-1
DESCRIPTION:Final RCs and intermediary releases\n\nThe week of September 2
 3\, 2024 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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dalmatian R+0 (Dalmatian release)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241005
DTSTAMP:20240614T153627Z
UID:Dalmatian-R+0
DESCRIPTION:Dalmatian release\n\nThe Dalmatian coordinated release will ha
 ppen on Wednesday\, October 2\, 2024.\n\n
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