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<div style="direction: ltr;">I would like Variable Policy to be considered for this feature freeze. I have a couple of documentation things to respond to, but no serious functionality questions (that I know of).<span id="ms-outlook-ios-cursor"></span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">- Bret</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> on behalf of Liming Gao via groups.io <liming.gao=intel.com@groups.io><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 14, 2020 1:16:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io>; announce@edk2.groups.io <announce@edk2.groups.io><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>; Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>; afish@apple.com <afish@apple.com>; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Guptha, Soumya K <soumya.k.guptha@intel.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [edk2-devel] Soft Feature Freeze starts now for edk2-stable202008</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi, all</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">  We will enter into Soft Feature Freeze phase. In this phase, the feature under review will not be allowed to be pushed. The feature passed review can still be merged. Now, two features have passed code review. If
 no other comments, I will merge them into this stable tag. They are: <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedk2.groups.io%2Fg%2Fdevel%2Fmessage%2F64176&data=02%7C01%7Cbret.barkelew%40microsoft.com%7C7c39b12ae32b4ea2fa8608d8402a648f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637329898132143799&sdata=Y25ZFmHxvCwp9uyWUSXapth2vgBHd3QL1b6N9oEBP%2Fk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64176" shash="t2KLu63jXVHbTDCI1hBTC2/g5oYbguhGFMdtC856wZ2vYQxtm2aTUVJp3+7NBtPEkc2ri+Eh4/0BzURciAgb2ejkXzp3/yWjxpS1UV+fYTKM4b5ZAGO/qwuZFBpvja7LAEcIh82X+qZuJ+WvxUWRbhn3eagO10+Rw4BbYTeHeZ8=">
https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64176</a> SEV-ES guest support, <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedk2.groups.io%2Fg%2Fdevel%2Fmessage%2F64283&data=02%7C01%7Cbret.barkelew%40microsoft.com%7C7c39b12ae32b4ea2fa8608d8402a648f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637329898132143799&sdata=AwuFLW5ppYmMSZDV99TB1w64X3K8NSfJ3PazkpoCktk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64283" shash="vYVPjcYxf8u4kmjGa58sey7HXcl4g1gaC7m+y3j1l7H1QsngRdiGL9MiRsmk3XMptVlZChUOP9DjUO+CDECmsMxuGkkZWgKDXtbpYspeeOeUFNImqltSbPPnoeknXmx9Z7t9IT5NQvHMaHr65Z608QPMOeszPl3Rdu/8zjv7wbI=">
https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64283</a> Add a plugin to check Ecc issues for edk2 on open ci.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-indent:9.6pt"><span lang="EN-US">The patch review can continue without break in edk2 community. If the patch is sent before Soft Feature Freeze, and plans to catch this stable tag, the patch contributor need reply to his patch
 and notify edk2 community. If the patch is sent after Soft Feature Freeze, and plans to catch this stable tag, please add edk2-stable202008 key words in the patch title and BZ, so the community know this patch target and give the feedback.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-indent:9.6pt"><span lang="EN-US">Below is edk2-stable202008 tag planning
<a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ftianocore%2Ftianocore.github.io%2Fwiki%2FEDK-II-Release-Planning&data=02%7C01%7Cbret.barkelew%40microsoft.com%7C7c39b12ae32b4ea2fa8608d8402a648f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637329898132153791&sdata=mBza%2B9zvE7beZTFsmnkCr2vp6CSRFO1e93F%2F8hB1Uiw%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Release-Planning" shash="dMBC6YMv8DZhghtQOaNZ4QXk4ZSmT6ACZJUfn/zPnkqD+McDFNK9P/NcLRYiWL9M1OcxII2KjBMEvBMgUXhIR8IWBm+2DAy5/uMqKJ/MKTfLeTR33UrLHnuZ1VbATdSAKCUg88nz3tVSF9OfzbCutS0Enqs6G7XJuobvpoLIkN8=">
https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Release-Planning</a> Proposed Schedule</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Date (00:00:00 UTC-8) Description</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2020-06-03  Beginning of development</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2020-08-07  Feature Planning Freeze</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2020-08-14  Soft Feature Freeze</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2020-08-21  Hard Feature Freeze</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2020-08-28  Release</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Liming</span></p>
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