2025/12/08

• [Neha] Ideas to improve the release process

• supported distro addition to major release kickoff PR checklist + validation in release checklist

• same for container images

• prepare for major distro updates across releases

• Good time to discuss these after Tentacle misses

• how to start testing distros for release on time ?

• can be added in kickoff PR checklist

• distro and release process different things - done as quickly as we want, be updated with versions

• dedicated release manager

• can be on rotation basis

• Patrick is going ot lead that. 

• [Afreen] Need a policy/offical statement on usage of AI tools

• Greg to followup on that this week

• [Neha] Ben H "i'd probably suggest the /latest  docs be renamed /development  and /latest always point at the latest stable public release" https://ceph-storage.slack.com/archives/C1HFU4JK1/p1763754077463709?thread_ts=1763683392.101059&cid=C1HFU4JK1 +1

• good idea, needs to be implemented

• [Igor] Warn users about https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/70390 at v19.2.3 release page (and perhaps some others) and may be propose to disable elastic shared blob prior to deploying new OSDs with Squid release

• issue likely in tentacle as well

• try to get fix out soon

• need more discussions, will be discussed in separate call

• [DavidG] Lab Update

• Have connectivity.  Continued switch port misconfig and miscabling discovery

• Installed tools:

• Openshift

• DNS/DHCP

• paddles mirror

• MaaS

• WIP:

• teuthology runs

• ODF

• TODO:

• quay

• git.ceph.com

• [cbodley] emailed csc list with "imagining a container-only umbrella release" for discussion

• [Greg]Executive Elections

• Anthony M was planning and will look into it

• CSC members add their names in rotation list in etherpad