Projects/vpp/Release Plans/Release Plan 19.01

Introduction

This page tracks release information for 19.01

Name	Description	Status
Deprecate old stats	Deprecate the event based counter infrastructure.	Done
New API types	Add specific API types for IP addresses, MAC address, interface index etc.	Done
Python 3 support	Add Python 3 support in API compiler, Python API wrappers, Test framework, and Packaging	In progress
Graph Dispatcher tracing	Capture packet data and buffer metadata, output in pcap format	Done
C-11 safe string handling	Provide and use "safe" C string handling functions	Done
Feature arc improvements	Improve feature arc ordering constraint specification scheme	Done
Rewrite pktgen pcap replay	Correctly replay a mix of single and multi-buffer packets	Done

As agreed during the Jan 8 VPP project meeting, the milestones' time will be at 18:00 UTC on the day of the milestone.

Milestone	Date	Deliverables
F0	2019-01-09	APIs frozen. Only low-risk changes accepted on main branch.
RC1	2019-01-16 (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	2019-01-23 (RC1 + 7)	Second artifacts posted.
Formal Release	2019-01-30 (RC2 + 7)	19.01 release 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 for commits into the stable branch and master.

NEED JIRA/CONFLUENCE IMPORT HERE