([#64792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64792), [@luxas](https://github.com/luxas))

  * deleteOptions.orphanDependents is going to be deprecated in 1.7. Please use deleteOptions.propagationPolicy instead.

### kubeadm

* Support for passing unknown provider names to the E2E test binaries is going to be deprecated. Use `--provider=skeleton` (no ssh access) or `--provider=local` (local cluster with ssh) instead. ([#70141](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/70141), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

Kubernetes images. The old registry (`k8s.gcr.io`) will continue to be supported for the foreseeable future, but the new name should perform better because it frontends equivalent mirrors in other clouds.  Please point your clusters to the new registry going forward. \n\nAdmission/Policy integrations that have an allowlist of registries need to include `registry.k8s.io` alongside `k8s.gcr.io`.\nAir-gapped environments and image garbage-collection configurations will need to update to pre-pull and preserve...

### Windows

Support for Windows nodes and Windows containers went going stable.

## **Notable Features**

* ReplicationController now shares its underlying controller implementation with ReplicaSet to reduce the maintenance burden going forward. However, they are still separate resources and there should be no externally visible effects from this change. ([#49429](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49429), [@enisoc](https://github.com/enisoc))

- [API Server Network Proxy](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-api-machinery/1281-network-proxy/README.md) going alpha in 1.16.
- [Extensions](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cloud-provider/991-cloud-controller-migration/README.md) for Cloud Controller Manager Migration.

- Kubeadm: The ClusterStatus struct present in the kubeadm-config ConfigMap is deprecated and will be removed on a future version. It is going to be maintained by kubeadm until it gets removed. The same information can be found on `etcd` and `kube-apiserver` pod annotations, `kubeadm.kubernetes.io/etcd.advertise-client-urls` and `kubeadm.kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver.advertise-address.endpoint`...