Projects/vpp/Release Plans/Release Plan 19.08
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Introduction
This page tracks release information for 19.08
Release Deliverables
| Name | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| VNET/Infra/Devices | Virtio checksum offload support | In-progress |
| Virtio GSO support | In-progress | |
| Vhost-user - GSO, checksum offload | In-progress | |
| Rework VLIB_INIT_FUNCTION sequencing, to eliminate ad-hoc procedural knowledge | Done | |
| RDMA/MLNX hardening | In-progress | |
| Packet tracer support for thread handoffs | Done | |
| Optimize event log string heap usage | Done | |
| Create feature-specific processes and data structures at feature config time | In-progress | |
| Add bihash statistics hooks | Done | |
| API | Rework to use new types (continuing work) | In-progress |
| Migrate default values from test framework to .api files | In-progress | |
| API documentation | In-progress | |
| NAT/MAP | Shallow virtual reassembly (as separate feature) | In-progress |
| FIB | Finish FIB changes to allow the IP route add/del API accept multiple paths | In-progress |
| IPSec | Send punt packet exception packet to UDS | In-progress |
| ACL | Thread-safe ACL stats query API | In-progress |
| Host Stack | SVM fifo sizing (first cut implementation done) | In-progress |
| Global output scheduler for session layer | In-progress | |
| TCP delivery rate estimator | In-progress | |
| TCP ack/retransmission/syn generation improvements | In-progress | |
| Add static http server application | Done | |
| Make Test | Make tests run on Python 3 (as well as 2) | In-progress |
| Remove VpplpAddress from tests | In-progress | |
| Use MacAddress from vpp_papi.py where possible | In-progress |
Release Milestones
The schedule below is DRAFT
the milestones' time will be at 18:00 UTC on the day of the milestone.
| Milestone | Date | Deliverables |
|---|---|---|
| F0 | 2019-07-31 | APIs frozen. Only low-risk changes accepted on main branch. |
| RC1 | 2019-08-07 (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 | 2019-08-14 (RC1 + 7) | Second artifacts posted. |
| Formal Release | 2019-08-21 (RC2 + 7) | 19.08 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 19.08 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.
NEED JIRA/CONFLUENCE IMPORT HERE
