[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: StarlingX Release Meeting - Apr 20/2022

[Khalil, Ghada]

Agenda/Minutes are posted at:
https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stx-releases

stx.7.0
- Release/Feature Planning: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/171PJAu9SykXm9h9Ny2IsZ8YMbhvEwOzuTbISWUMQhiE/edit#gid=1107209846
- Release Verification:
    - Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1szAP-xVZq7ebSyGJ-EHTVebMmsupSY7w
    - Feature Testing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hXJJ4LvxhWwLIF_PHpCyxlGpfKdXtcPjlyclfKFVxKo/edit#gid=968103774
    - Regression Testing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19OQmmo5OfD1eHS8rp5uBgnVaS7i8J-NhQuiKVqcyZ0Y/edit#gid=1717644237
- Key Feature Updates
    - Update Default Certificate Configuration on Installation
        - StoryBoard: https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2009811
        -  Will be deferred to stx.8.0 due to resourcing challenges
    - Update platform apps to use Debian Base OS
        - StoryBoard: https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2009831
        - Partial Delivery. Only a subset of images will be rebuilt for Debian in the stx.7.0 timeframe. The remaining images will be done in stx.8.0
    - NEW: Istio Service Mesh Integration
        - StoryBoard: https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2009912
        - Proposed for inclusion in stx.7.0 as an optional containerized application
    - Kubernetes custom configuration support
        - StoryBoard: https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2009766
        - Cannot deliver the full scope in the stx.7.0 timeframe, so this feature will continue in stx.8.0
- Debian Update
    - Expect the CENGN builds to generate Debian ISOs by end of this week - April 22
    - Debian AIO-SX w/ std kernel is stable enough to start running regular sanity
        - Sanity will be done by the WR team as the Intel sanity team
    - Next: Enable the rt kernel. No definitive forecast yet, but should be within 2wks.
        - Note: The rt kernel will be a separate ISO to start. Then it will be combined in the same ISO in the late May time-frame.
- A number of features have their Code Merge Date in April
    - Support for Intel Logan Beach
    - Support for Mellanox CX6
    - Support for Broadcom 57504
    - Kubernetes custom configuration support (partial)
    - Armada Deprecaton / Replacement - FluxCD
    - K8S & Container Components Refresh - k8s 1.22/1.23
    - Container CNI Component Refresh
    - Debian Builds on CENGN
    - Container Base Image Based on Debian

Blog Updates
- stx.7.0 blog candidates have been identified, in addition to a release summary blog post.
- We published 2 blog posts earlier this year. They cover two key stx.6.0 features: certificate management and Distributed Cloud.
- Also planning a PTG blog post and possibly a post related to the Berlin Summit.