VPP/CommitterTasks/CutPointRelease

VPP Point Release Tasklist

1. Update Release Notes

a. On the release throttle branch (e.g. stable/1801), edit .../vpp/RELEASE.md and add section for the point release

TBD-link to 1801.1 release notes diff

b. From workspace root, build doxygen output

make bootstrap-doxygen doxygen

c. Check documentation output by opening the document index file in a browser:

file:///<path to workspace root>/build-root/docs/html/index.html

d. Clean up any formatting issues found.

e. Submit patch.

f. After patch is merged, cherry-pick it to master.

2. Update the package version used by java generation on master with the point release version in .../vpp/src/configure.ac

a. On the throttle branch (e.g. stable/1801), edit .../vpp/src/configure.ac

TBD-link to 1801.1 configure.ac patch.

b. Submit patch. DO NOT CHERRY PICK THIS PATCH TO MASTER!

c. Merge patch and wait for merge jobs to complete prior to moving on to step 3.

3. Follow the recipe to generate the release using the point release number (e.g. s/18.01/18.01.1/g and s/18011/1801/g).