Projects/vpp/Release Plans/Release Plan 18.10

Introduction

This page tracks release information for 18.10

Release Deliverables

Name	Description	Status
INFRA	DPDK 18.08 integration

Release Milestones

The schedule below is FINAL as agreed on Aug 21st during VPP project meeting

Milestone	Date	Deliverables
F0	2018-10-03	APIs frozen. Only low-risk changes accepted on main branch.
RC1	2018-10-10 (F0 + 7)	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	2018-10-17 (RC1 + 7)	Second artifacts posted.
Formal Release	2018-10-24 (RC2 + 7)	18.10 release artifacts available

NOTE: Dates chosen based on:

• end-month release
• milestone + days
• release date after VPP community meeting, for discussion, go/no-go

Once we've pulled the 18.10 release throttle

We need to be disciplined with respect to bugfix commits. Here are a few common-sense suggestions:

• All bug fixes must be double-committed to the release throttle as well as to the master branch
  • Commit first to the release throttle, then "git cherry-pick" into master
  • Manual merges may be required, depending on the degree of divergence between throttle and master
• All bug fixes need to have a Jira ticket
  • Please put Jira IDs into the commit messages.
  • Please use the same Jira ID for commits into the stable branch and master.

Features to be added in 18.10

NEED JIRA/CONFLUENCE IMPORT HERE