Nova/Ocata Release Schedule

= Dates Overview =

Nova roughly follows the general release schedule.


 * Oct 25-28: Design summit in Barcelona
 * Nov 17: o-1 milestone, spec approval freeze
 * Dec 15: o-2 milestone
 * Jan 11: Ocata blueprint review sprint: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/nova-ocata-feature-freeze
 * Jan 19: final non-client library release (oslo)
 * Jan 26: o-3 milestone, final python-novaclient release, FeatureFreeze, Soft StringFreeze
 * Feb 2: RC1 and Hard StringFreeze
 * Feb 23: Ocata release

= Special review days =


 * Monday November 14th: Spec review sprint: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-November/107152.html
 * Wednesday January 11th: Ocata blueprint review sprint: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/nova-ocata-feature-freeze

= Virtual Sprint =


 * None scheduled

= FAQs =

Please see: Nova/Process and Nova/Mentoring