Hi all, Here are the meeting minutes from the 2025-02-24 call. Joseph shared LFX insights on ceph! - Link to the insights <https://insights.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/foundation/cephfoundation/overview/github?project=cephfoundation&routedFrom=Github&bestPractice=false> QE updates (Yuri) - 6 outstanding PRs <https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+milestone%3Av18.2.5> - Eric is going to take a look at them and provide inputs - can start release process as soon as the PRs merge Release scheduling (Greg) Discussions from ongoing mail thread Ceph Tentacle release timeline — when? <https://lists.ceph.io/hyperkitty/list/ceph-users@ceph.io/thread/PNJB3CW43NFL2VTCFVZDIUKKGLKZMVJF/#ZM3MWUGFPR6LLZJ27PA3R54LHIF3VHXK> - People want fast EC - EC work in upstream making progress - Move the technical discussions to mailing list - distro sync is important for a lot of operators due to tooling available-by-default, even if using Ceph upstream packages - containers vs packages: Packages are stable enough - tentacle when fast EC ready, and freeze "U" in January for an April release next year? - Do we need/want to extend our major-version upgrade commitments for the shorter time frames? - Ceph does not give release for an entire year - Need to prepare a plan and see what resources and costs will be needed - Better to go for stability rather than quickness Tentacle Kickoff PR (Patrick) - https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/61321 - QA: https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/70000 - Merge soon to avoid rebases Ceph build PR (Patrick) - https://github.com/ceph/ceph-build/pull/2315 - Blocked on Dan Mick ,probably take a look soon Ceph Labs presentation (David) - During Ceph Infra call 2/27 12:30 Eastern - Feel free to join -- Afreen -- Afreen