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 still a DRAFT; to be agreed upon by the community at VPP meeting on Aug 21st

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