Projects/vpp/Release Plans/Release Plan 24.02

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Introduction

This page tracks release information for 24.02

Release Deliverables

See https://github.com/vpp-dev/vpp-release-notes for information.

Release Milestones

The schedule below is FINAL, agreed on during the VPP community meeting 28 Nov 2023.

The milestones' start time will be at 12:00 UTC on the day of the milestone.

Milestone Date Deliverables
RC1 2024-01-24 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 2024-02-14 (RC1+21) Second artifacts posted.
Formal Release 2024-02-28 (RC2+14) 24.02 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 24.02 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 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.

Expected Dependencies on Other Projects