Projects/vpp/Release Plans/Release Plan 17.04

Introduction

Name	Description
IP multicast
Infra	DPDK 17.03 DPDK in a separate shared library Retirement of VPP_Lite Lazy Polling mode Test infrastructure - multi-thread support
Forus() VPP TCP stack DHCPv4 relay multi-destination DHCPv4 option 82 DHCPv6 relay multi-destination DHPCv6 relay remote-id ND Proxy
SNAT	CGN: Configurable port allocation CGN: Configurable Address pooling CPE: External interface DHCP support NAT64, LW46
Security Groups	Routed interface support L4 filters with IPv6 Extension Headers
API	Move to CFFI for Python binding Python Packaging improvements CLI over API C/C++ language binding
Segment routing SR policies with weighted SID lists Binding SD SR steering policies Framework to expand SR local SID with VPP plugins

Milestone	Date	Deliverables
F0	2017-03-08	APIs frozen. Only low-risk changes accepted on main branch.
RC1	2017-03-22 (F0+14)	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	2017-04-05 (RC1+14)	Second artifacts posted.
Formal Release	2017-04-19 (RC2+14)	17.04 artifacts available

NOTE: Dates chosen based on:

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

NEED JIRA/CONFLUENCE IMPORT HERE