AutoML WG and Kubeflow 1.6 release

[annajung]

Hello @kubeflow/wg-automl-leads @johnugeorge

The 1.6 release team will use this tracking issue to coordinate the integration of AutoML with the Kubeflow 1.6 release.

Heads up that the feature freeze is scheduled for Wednesday, Jun 1st, 2022. For the full release schedule, refer to the 1.6 release timeline.

(note: links are pending kubeflow/community#558 and kubeflow/community#560)

To prepare for the 1.6 release, please provide answers to the following questions:

1. What version of Katib would you like to include for the 1.6 release?
2. Could you provide a branch/tag for this version? (note: It doesn't have to be final)
3. Can you share a link to all open / work in progress issues that you're expecting to include in the 1.6?
4. If you're using the following dependencies, could you provide the versions you'll be supporting for each dependency?

• Knative
• Istio
• Kubernetes
• Cert-Manager
• Kustomize

The release team WG liaison for AutoML will be @annajung and you can keep track of high-level release updates in the 1.6 tracking issue.

[annajung]

Due to a blocker that was identified last week, we are delaying the release for 2 weeks, with the possibility of another extension. The new feature freeze date is Wednesday, Jun 15th, 2022. If another extension is needed, another announcement will be made to notify the community.

• Tracking issue: Alternative solution to removal of test on optional-test-infra testing#1006
• Email announcement: https://groups.google.com/u/2/g/kubeflow-discuss
• New schedule PR: Update release timeline community#561

[annajung]

After checking with all WGs, we are delaying the release for 2 more weeks. The new feature freeze date is Wednesday, Jun 29th, 2022.

Email announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/kubeflow-discuss/c/I4l97HvrGEA/m/227aCe_mCgAJ
New schedule PR: kubeflow/community#562

The release team is tracking Katib v0.14.0 for the 1.6 release. If there are changes to the branch/tag, please let us know before the new feature freeze deadline.

[annajung]

With KF 1.6 released, closing the issue