Comment 0 for bug 1754697

Ubuntu Bionic currently has MAAS 2.4 alpha 1. This is a Standing Feature Freeze Exception request for MAAS 2.4 upcoming alpha/beta/rc/final releases for Ubuntu Bionic.

Dependencies & Upgrade
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MAAS 2.4 has introduced the following features:

 - Replacement of NTPd in favor of chrony,
 - Ability to lock machines

Upcoming releases are targeted to bugfix, improve and complete the features above.

Testing
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Testing performed:

 - CI testing
 - Manual UI testing
 - Fresh install testing
 - Upgrade testing

For more information on the QA process MAAS follows, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MAASUpdates .

We follow the same strict QA processes for new releases, as with SRU's.

Releases
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Upcoming MAAS releases are targetted on a 2 week cadence:

- MAAS 2.4.0a2
- MAAS 2.4.0b1
- MAAS 2.4.0b2
- MAAS 2.4.0rc1
- MAAS 2.4.0rc2
- MAAS 2.4.0final