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As the holiday season nears, OpenStack development typically slows. This will be our last weekly coverage of OpenStack development for 2016, and we look forward to seeing you back in the new year.

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OpenStack around the web

There is a lot of interesting stuff being written about OpenStack. Here’s a sampling from some of our favorites:

OpenStack discussions

Here’s a sample of some of the most active discussions this week on the OpenStack developers’ listserv. For a more in-depth look, why not dive in yourself?

For more from the developer email list, check out the OpenStack Foundation’s digest of the OpenStack Developer Mailing List (not updated weekly) or Hugh Blemings’ Last week on OpenStack Dev.

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OpenStack events

Let’s take a look at a few of the global events happening next month. Did we miss an important one? Email us and let us know, or add it to our events calendar.

• OpenStack Neutron meets open networking: Wednesday, January 4; Richardson, TX.
• South Florida OpenStack users group: Thursday, January 5; Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• OpenStack why and how: Friday, January 13; Copenhagen, Denmark.
• OpenStack Budapest; Wednesday, January 25; Budapest, Hungary.
• Discuss and Learn about OpenStack: Thursday, January 26; Denver, CO.
• An OpenStack breakfast morning: Tuesday, January 31; Dublin, Ireland.

If you’re interested in OpenStack development and wish to attend project development meetings, a complete list of these meetings’ regular schedules is available here.