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Release Countdown for Week R-8, 26-30 December

Feature work and major refactoring should be well under way as we pass the second milestone.
Focus:
- Deadline for non-client library releases is R-5 (19 Jan).
  - Feature freeze exceptions are not granted for libraries.
General Notes:
- Project teams should identify contributors that have a significant impact this cycle who not otherwise qualify for ATC status.
- Those names should be added to the governance repository for consideration as ATC.
- The list needs to be approved by the TC by 20 January to qualify for contributor discounts codes for the event.
- Submit these by 5 January
Important Dates:
- Extra ATCs deadline: 5 January
- Final release of non-client libraries: 19 January
- Ocata 3 Milestone, with Feature and Requirements freezes: 26 January
Ocata release schedule [1]
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There is movement to still move to Storyboard as our task tracker.
To spread awareness, some blog posts have been made about it, and it’s capabilities:
- General over and decision to move from Launchpad [2].
- Next post will focus on compare and contrast of Launchpad and Storyboard.
If you want to hear about something in particular in the blog posts, let the team know on #storyboard IRC channel on Freenode.
Attend their weekly meeting [3].
Try out Storyboard in the sandbox [4].
Storyboard documentation [5]
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