<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px">Dear SLE Stakeholders,</p><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px">This serves as a reminder regarding the upcoming deadline for <span style="font-weight:700">final acceptance of features and changes</span> for SLE Products. To ensure a smooth development process and product release on schedule, we're aiming for finalization by 2024-03-19.</p><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-weight:700">Key information:</span></p><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><ul style="margin:4px 0px;font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-weight:700">Feature and Change Acceptance Deadline also kABI soft freeze:</span><font color="#1f1f1f"> </font><b style=""><font color="#0b5394">2024-02-29</font></b></li><li style="color:rgb(31,31,31);margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-weight:700">Bug Fix Submissions:</span> We will continue to accept bug fixes after this deadline, with <span style="font-weight:700">focus on P1 and P2 severity levels</span>.</li><li style="color:rgb(31,31,31);margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-weight:700">Change Acceptance After Deadline:</span> Due to potential schedule risks, any feature or feature requests submitted after <font color="#1f1f1f"> </font><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#0b5394">2024-02-29</font></b> will require <b>explicit approval by the Product </b><strong style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">CCB </strong><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">(</span>Change Control Board).</li><li style="margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-weight:700">Hard kABI Freeze:</span><font color="#1f1f1f"> Please note that we will have a </font><span style="font-weight:700"><font color="#1f1f1f">hard kABI freeze on  </font><font color="#073763">2024-03-19</font></span><font color="#1f1f1f">. This means, after this date, changes to the application binary interface will no longer be permitted.</font></li></ul><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-weight:700">What's next?</span></p><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><ul style="margin:4px 0px;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="margin-bottom:0px">Please review all outstanding feature and change requests and finalize your decisions by <font color="#1f1f1f"> </font><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#0b5394">2024-02-21</font></b>.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0px">If you have any questions or require clarification on specific items, please don't hesitate to reach out to the product team.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0px">Submit any remaining P1 and P2 bug fixes following the established process.</li></ul><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px">By adhering to these deadlines, we can maintain a clear development path and deliver a high-quality product on time. Your timely cooperation is greatly appreciated.</p><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px">Thank you for your continued support of SUSE Linux Enterprise.</p><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:1rem 0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px">Sincerely,</p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </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