Kubeflow 1.8

The 1.8 release cycle is proposed as follows

Monday, May 1st 2023 : Week 0 - Release team is formed
Wednesday, May 10th 2023 : Week 1 - Release cycle begins
Monday, May 15th 2023 : Week 2 - Roadmaps are finalised
Wednesday, Aug 2nd 2023 : Week 13 - Feature freeze, manifests sync starts, docs update starts
Wednesday, Sept 7th 2023 : Week 18 - Manifests sync ends, RC.0 is cut, manifests testing and bug fixing starts
Wednesday, Sept 15th 2023 : Week 19 - Manifests testing and bug fixing ends, distribution testing starts
Wednesday, Oct 6th 2023 : Week 22 - Distribution testing ends, pre-release bug fixing stage starts
Wednesday, Oct 20th 2023 : Week 24 - Pre-release bug fixing stage ends
Tuesday, Oct 23rd 2023 : Week 25 - Docs update ends
Wednesday, Oct 25th 2023 : Week 25 - Kubeflow v1.8 Released

Timeline

TODO: upon agreement on the dates above

When	Week	Who	What
Mon May 1st 2023	Week 0	Release manager	Preparation
Wed May 10th 2023	Week 1	Release manager	Start of Release Cycle
Wed May 10th 2023	Week 1	Community	Development
Wed Aug 2nd 2023	Week 13	Release team	Feature Freeze
Wed Aug 2nd 2023	Week 13	Release manager, WG leads	Manifests sync starts
Wed Aug 2nd 2023	Week 13	Docs lead	Docs update starts
Wed Sept 7th 2023	Week 18	Release manager, WG leads	Manifests sync ends
Wed Sept 7th 2023	Week 18	Release manager	v1.8-rc.0 Released
Wed Sept 7th 2023	Week 18	Manifests WG	Manifests testing and bug fixing starts
Wed Sept 15th 2023	Week 19	Manifests WG	Manifests testing and bug fixing ends
Wed Sept 15th 2023	Week 19	Distributions	Distribution testing starts
Wed Oct 9th 2023	Week 22	Distributions	Distribution testing ends
Wed Oct 9th 2023	Week 22	WGs	Pre-release bug fixing stage starts
Wed Oct 20th 2023	Week 24	WGs	Pre-release bug fixing stage ends
Wed Oct 23rd 2023	Week 25	Docs lead	Docs update ends
Wed Oct 25th 2023	Week 25	Release team	v1.8 Release day
Wed Oct 25th 2023	Week 25	Release team, Docs lead	Publish release blog
Mon Oct 30th 2023	Week 26	Release team	Release retrospective