Hi Joao, Thanks for reviewing the dates. Ideally, I agree that November or December would be better, but realistically I see a few concerns as November month has the CloudStack Collaboration Conference, when many community members will be busy with preparations and travel. December month brings Christmas and New Year holidays, which may reduce the support we can count on.
Also, looking at the history of our release date announcements versus actual releases, there have often been delays. I proposed the current plan with that in mind, aiming for a safer timeline to ensure we can complete the release this year. Regards, Harikrishna From: João Jandre Paraquetti <j...@scclouds.com.br> Date: Friday, 22 August 2025 at 5:28 PM To: d...@cloudstack.apache.org <d...@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: Re: 4.22.0 Release plan Hello, all Considering that we have yet to release 4.21, wanting to cut the first 4.22 RC in early October (less than 2 months from now) seems a bit early. Considering our usual release cadence, I think that maybe late November or early December would be better. Best regards, João On 8/22/25 00:44, Harikrishna Patnala wrote: > Hi all, > > As the ongoing 4.21 release is coming to an end, I would like to propose the > plan for our next LTS release, 4.22.0. > > As discussed here [1], I propose the following timelines to ensure the > release stays on track for this year: > > * Feature/Improvement/Bug-fix Freeze: End of September. > * First Release Candidate (RC) cut: Early October. > > We have the project board for 4.22.0 milestone[2] here [3], where I have > already moved all existing issues and PRs to this release. Please plan your > features, improvements, and bug fixes accordingly, and aim to get them merged > before the freeze date. > > If you have any items to include, please feel free to ping me > (@harikrishna-patnala). > Let me know if you have any questions or feedback. > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/0y4822lytf57llzqhr6qq8otdr13bbg9 > > [2] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/milestone/37 > > [3] https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/523/views/2 > > Regards, > Harikrishna > > > >
