[asterisk-dev] Asterisk 17 Feature Freeze Deadline Today

[Matt Fredrickson]

Hey Everybody,

As previously announced, today is the last day that you can submit a
code level contribution to gerrit and have it included in the first
version of Asterisk 17.  Historically, we have been lenient as to the
definition of when "today" ends, but generally speaking it will be
tonight at 12:00 AM (CDT). Get your contributions in soon!

Just as a reminder, feature freeze means something slightly different
now than it used to.  The primary difference is that generally, new
contributions can be accepted in release branches of Asterisk, but
with the stipulation that tests be submitted which exercise any new
features.  The difference in tonight's deadline is that any patches
against master prior to the end of today will not require accompanying
tests - although including them always makes a contribution much more
maintainable.

Thanks go to all of you that contribute and help with the project.
Best wishes, and happy feature freeze day to you all :-)

-- 
Matthew Fredrickson
Digium - A Sangoma Company | Asterisk Project Lead
445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA