Xen 4.22 release schedule proposal

[Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I missed that I've not sent 4.22 schedule proposal and it was all the time
in my Drafts folder. Sorry for that.

Following the 8-month release cycle, also taking into account that 4.21
has been released 19th of November 2025, the next "good" month for release
should be July according to:
  https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2018-07/msg02240.html

Here is suggested schedule:

** Proposed option: Wed Jul 15, 2026 **
  (~ +8 months from Xen 4.21 release)

- Last posting date          Fri Apr 17, 2026 (+7 weeks from now)

Patches adding new features are expected to be posted to the mailing
list by this date, although perhaps not in their final version.

- Feature freeze             Fri May 08, 2026 (+3 weeks from Last posting date)

Patches adding new features should be committed by this date.
Straightforward bugfixes may continue to be accepted by maintainers.

- Code freeze                Fri Jun 05, 2026 (+4 weeks from Feature freeze)

Bugfixes only.

- Hard code freeze           Fri Jun 26, 2026 (+3 weeks from Code freeze)

Bugfixes for serious bugs (including regressions), and low-risk fixes only.

- Final commits              Fri Jul 10, 2026 (+2 weeks from Hard code freeze)

Branch off staging-4.22.

- Release                    Wed Jul 15, 2026


Please don't hesitate to provide your feedback.

If there are no objections, I plan to update the Wiki page
Xen_Project_X.YY_Release_Notes to make it easier to find our final schedule
( especially for the people who aren't following xen-devel mailing list ).
As an additional benefit, it will also be accessible via SUPPORT.md (in the
wiki athttps://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable-staging/support-matrix.html).

Thanks and have a good weekend.

Best regards,
  Oleksii