[Starlingx-discuss] stx.9.0 Miletsone-2 Conditionally Declared

[Khalil, Ghada]

Hello all,
Based on the stx.9.0 release/feature reviews, the stx release team is conditionally declaring stx.9.0 Milestone-2 as of May 24.

Milestone-2 Criteria:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Release_Plan#Release_Milestones   
- Feature plans defined and feature development well underway
- Release test plan defined - including test automation deliverables

Milestone-2 Status relative to criteria:
      - Feature plans defined and feature development well underway    << CRITERIA MET
            - Total # of Features: 37
            - # of Features w/ Dates: 29
            - # of Features w/o Dates: 8
            - # of Features w/ a Date for a plan: 3
            - 78% of features have dates + another 8% have a plan by mid-June.
            - 2 features have dates beyond the current release milestones:  Milestone-3: Aug 2  / Feature Test Complete: Aug 30
                   - K8s API CLI oidc auth with local LDAP backend  -- Code Merged: Aug 15 / Feature Tested: Sep 5           << smaller feature
                   - Openstack services upversion: Ussuri -> Antelope -- Code Merged: Aug 22 / Feature Tested: Sep 15     << key feature
      - Release test plan defined                                                                      << CRITERIA MET
            - Test folder and tracking spreadsheets created: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/123lDBEtyg8JUb5QWKoagTZfd_T3_xWOY
            - Dates are being populated based on feature test dates

Condition:
Further input from the TSC on the subsequent milestone dates for the release as per email thread of the mailing list: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-May/014130.html
- Options:
     - (1) Keep the current release dates and handle these features as exceptions
     - (2) Align the release dates to accommodate the openstack feature to move to Antelope
- Status:
      - 2 TSC members (Greg Waines, Ram S) have chosen option (2). Waiting for input from Scott Kamp.

A list of features is available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrTHhXW6G9w/edit#gid=1107209846

Thank you to all community members who helped achieve this milestone.

Regards,
Ghada - stx releases prime