Hi Rajiv, Thanks for your work - I believe the CloudStack community will benefit greatly from your contributions.
Let’s continue the discussion on the GitHub PR https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12563. Kind regards, Wei On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM Rajiv Jain < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wei Zhou & CloudStack Community, > > Greetings. > > I am Rajiv Jain from the NetApp Engineering team. We are currently working > towards delivering the NetApp Primary Storage plugin as part of the > CloudStack *4.23* release. > > As part of this effort, we raised our *first pull request in February > 2026*, > focusing on *storage-pool provisioning use cases*. This PR forms the > foundational layer for our integration. > > We are now ready with the *second set of enhancements*, covering > *CloudStack > volume provisioning use cases*, which are planned to be submitted as a > follow-on PR. However, the second PR is technically dependent on the first > one, and can be raised only after the initial PR is merged. > > Given the release timelines that were shared for CloudStack 4.23, we kindly > seek the community’s support to *expedite the review and merge process* for > the existing PR, if possible. This would allow us to submit the subsequent > PR in a timely manner and ensure that both sets of use cases can be > included without missing the intended deadlines. > > We greatly appreciate the reviewers’ time and effort, and we are fully > available to: > > - Address feedback promptly > - Provide clarifications or design walkthroughs > - Make any required refinements to facilitate the merge > > Thank you for your continued collaboration and support. We look forward to > your guidance on how best we can align with the review process and > timelines. > > Warm regards, > *Rajiv Jain* > Senior Engineer – CloudStack / Virtualization > NetApp > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM Wei ZHOU <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Due to several factors - such as the number of ongoing improvements and > new > > features, the significant QA effort required, and pending security > issues - > > we have decided to adjust the timeline. All dates will be postponed by > one > > month. > > > > The updated timeline of 4.23.0.0 release is as follows: > > > > - *Until June 1st, 2026*: Accept new features, bug fixes, and > > improvements > > - *June 2nd, 2026*: Freeze the main branch. From this point onward, > only > > critical/blocker fixes will be accepted > > - *June 3rd, 2026*, or once all blocker/critical/security issues are > > resolved (whichever is later): Cut RC1 and start the voting process > > (allow > > 1-3 weeks for additional RCs if necessary) > > > > > > Thanks for your understanding and collaboration. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > Wei & Fabricio > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 9:11 AM Wei ZHOU <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > We are planning to work on a CloudStack 4.23.0 release. > > > > > > CloudStack 4.23.0 will be a Regular release [1], which introduces new > > > features > > > and enhancements. It is targeted for users who require the newest > > > features as > > > early as possible and are able to upgrade when the releases are > > available. > > > > > > As discussed [2], I'll serve as the RM for the 4.23.0 release. Fabricio > > > Duarte will > > > act as the co-RM, assisting with triage, reviews, testing, merges, etc > > and > > > release work. > > > > > > The timeline for this would be the following (Proposed by Fabricio, > > > thanks): > > > > > > - Until May 3rd 2026: accept new features, bug fixes and improvements. > > > - May 4th 2026: freeze the main branch. From this point, we would only > > > accept > > > critical/blocker fixes. > > > - May 11th 2026: cut RC1 and start the vote (1-3 weeks to work on the > > next > > > RCs if necessary). > > > > > > All open issues and PRs targeted for this release are tracked in the > > > 4.23.0 > > > release milestone [3]. The design document of some features can be > found > > > at > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/4.23+Design+Documents > > > > > > Please ping us (@weizhouapache or @winterhazel) on your PRs and issues > > > that > > > are to be included in 4.23.0 on Github. Please let us know if you have > > any > > > questions. > > > > > > > > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/LTS > > > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/z7n339vcdym9f494ngb5pkzlxx8mjf2n > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/milestone/42 > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Wei > > > > > > > > >
