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[[Category:Release Plan]]
== Introduction ==
17.01 Release of NSH_SFC is it's second official release. 

Relying on 

* [[Projects/vpp/Release_Plans/Release_Plan_17.01 | VPP's 17.01 release]]
* [[Honeycomb/Release_Plans/Release_Plan_17.01 | Honeycomb's 17.01 release]]

== Release Deliverables ==



{|class="wikitable"
! Name
! Description
! Notes
|-
| Enable NSH Proxy feature to support integrating NSH-unaware SFs into SFC
| https://jira.fd.io/browse/NSHSFC-15
|
|-
| NSH Classifier enablement
| https://jira.fd.io/browse/NSHSFC-16
|
|-
| Enable VPP to be NSH-aware
| https://jira.fd.io/browse/NSHSFC-17
|
|-
| CSIT functional testing
| https://jira.fd.io/browse/NSHSFC-8
|
|-
| CSIT performance testing
| https://jira.fd.io/browse/NSHSFC-9
|
|-
| Packaging
| Minimal, custom, runnable, packaged distribution (zip, tar.gz), RPM and DEB packages
|
|}

== Release Milestones ==

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{| class="wikitable"
! Milestone
! Date
! Deliverables
|-
| F0
| 2016-12-14  - first release
| N/A - first release - APIs frozen. low-risk changes accepted on main branch.
|-
| RC1
| 2016-12-28 - first release
| N/A - first release - Code complete, pull first release throttle branch, only bug fixes accepted on throttle train. After pull: main branch reopens for new feature / risky commits. First artifacts posted. 
|-
| RC2 
| (RC1+14) 2017-01-011 (VPP RC2 + 1)
| Artifacts posted - first release
|-
| Formal Release 
| (RC2+7) 2017-01-25
| 17.01 artifacts available 
|}

== Expected Dependencies on Other Projects == 

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* ODL Boron release
* VPP 17.01 release
* Honeycomb 17.01 release
* TBD - CSIT functional and performance tests available, with adequate coverage

== Compatibility with Previous Release ==

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* N/A - first release.

== Themes and Priorities ==

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== Other ==

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