KF release 1.9 tracking

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This issue will be used to provide high-level updates for the Kubeflow 1.9 release.

• Release Timeline
• Release Team
• Release Board

cc @kubeflow/release-team

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• Docs tracking issues TBD
  • WG tracking issues
    • AutoML WG roadmap for KF 1.9 #2602
    • Training WG roadmap for KF 1.9 #2597
    • KServe roadmap for KF 1.9 #2603
    • Pipelines WG roadmap for KF 1.9 #2607
    • Notebooks WG roadmap for KF 1.9 #2608
    • Manifests WG KF 1.9 tracker #2592
    • Model Registry roadmap for KF 1.9 #2612
    • Security WG roadmap for KF 1.9 #2598

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Proposed component versions:

• Training-operator 1.8
• Katib 0.17
• Kubeflow Pipelines 2.1.1
• Kubeflow Notebooks 1.8.1
• KServe 0.18
• Model Registry 0.1-alpha (@tarilabs to confirm)

[tarilabs]

Model Registry 0.1-alpha (@tarilabs to confirm)

I'd propose Model Registry 0.2-alpha to avoid potential confusion with the images produced before onboarding the project into Kubeflow.