Kubernetes v1.32: State of the release and important deadlines [Week 2]

[Frederico Muñoz]

Greetings, Kubernetes community!

... On this she led the way, while Telemachus followed in her
steps. When they got to the ship they found the crew waiting by the
waterside ...

-- The Odyssey, Book II

With two weeks in, and -- inspired by the origin of our name -- taking a
page from The Odyssey, I wanted to provide a quick update on the state
of the release.

We're still very early in the cycle, but we have achieved a milestone
that I consider important: we have _finished the shadow selection
process_ and the Kubernetes v1.32 Release Team [0] is now complete -- our
crew is ready, and we're steadily following our planned timeline [1].

The Release Calendar [2] has been updated with all the relevant
information (including freezes and planned releases), the closest ones
being:

* Tue, Oct 1 (UTC) : Kubernetes 1.32.0-alpha.1
* Fri, Oct 11 (UTC): Begin Enhancements Freeze

A word of thank for the work of the EA, Release Leads, and the SIG
Release Release Team, and welcome to all the shadows.

Expect more updates in the next weeks; until then, warm regards,

--
Frederico Muñoz, on behalf of the Kubernetes v1.32 Release Team

[0]: https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release-1.32/release-team.md
[1]: https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/tree/master/releases/release-1.32
[2]: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=agst.us_b07popf7t...@group.calendar.google.com