[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: StarlingX Release Meeting - Dec 15/202

[Khalil, Ghada]

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Release Team Meeting - Dec 15 2021
stx.6.0
- Release/Feature Planning Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13p0BMlBgJXUVForOFsblAJq9jA1-FMBlmhV5TIc70IE/edit#gid=1107209846
- Test Tracking Spreadsheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lfm073XaFGxHZSAf0RPS1DGK6QCReO9u
- r/stx.6.0 Status
    - Branch: https://review.opendev.org/q/projects:starlingx+branch:r/stx.6.0
    - Builds: http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/6.0/centos/
          - Build schedule will be on demand
    - Cherry-picks: All were posted. Two left to merge
    - Sanity: Starting within the next day as per Alex
- stx.6.0 Bugs
    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bugs?field.tag=stx.6.0
    - As of Dec 15, 3 bugs are currently open.
          - 2 CVEs; will not hold up the release as they can be cherrypicked later
          - 1 recently tagged for openstack by a community user: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/1950406
- Test Update
    - All feature testing is complete
    - Ran automation regression last week. Analyzing results now. 
    - Pass Rate: 86.5%. Will re-run the failed TCs to rule out env issues.
- Doc Update
    - Doc branch was not created as per plan
    - Draft of release notes is available for review: https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/docs/+/820946
    - Making good progress on finishing up the required reviews: https://review.opendev.org/q/project:starlingx%252Fdocs+status:open
    - Target doc branch: Dec 20; otherwise will wait for early Jan. will discuss w/ doc team by email 
- Blog Post Update / Release Announcement
    - Release Announcement
          - Prime: Ildiko
          - Planned for early Jan
    - Certificate Management Improvement Blog
          - Prime: Ghada / Sabeel
          - Info sent to Ildiko.
          - Ildiko is converting it to markdown. Will create tentative pull request, but will only merge after the release announcement. 
    - Distributed Cloud Scalability Blog
          - Prime: Ram S
          - Started. Target is to provide to Ildiko by Jan 15.