Projects/vpp/Release Plans/Release Plan 21.06
Contents
Introduction
TENTATIVE. This page tracks release information for 21.06
Release Deliverables
See https://github.com/vpp-dev/vpp-release-notes for information.
Release Milestones
The milestones are FINAL
The milestones' start time will be at 12:00 UTC on the day of the milestone.
As agreed during the community meeting, this will be the first release without the F0 milestone - the production APIs are now following the change process, and the in-progress APIs should not be relied upon in any sense other than for the proof of concepts/testing, so the freeze does not make sense.
The individual common sense with respect to risk management still applies, every maintainer/committer should follow their good judgement and make the decisions they deem will result in the best release.
| Milestone | Date | Deliverables |
|---|---|---|
| RC1 | 2020-05-26 | 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 | 2021-06-16 (RC1+21) | Second artifacts posted. |
| Release gate | 2021-06-23 (RC2+7) | Deadline for patches destined for the release |
| Formal Release | 2021-06-30 (RC2+14) | 21.06 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 21.06 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, and 20.09 LTS, and the master branch
- Commit first to the master branch, then "git cherry-pick" into release throttle
- Manual merges may be required, depending on the degree of divergence between throttle and master
- All externally found 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.
