VPP Release_Plans Release_Plan_20.09

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Release Deliverables
• 3 Release Milestones
• 4 Once we've pulled the 20.09 release throttle
• 5 Expected Dependencies on Other Projects

Introduction

This page tracks release information for 20.09

Release Deliverables

See https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/vpp/+/28794/6/RELEASE.md for information.

Release Milestones

the milestones' time will be at 18:00 UTC on the day of the milestone.

Milestone	Date	Deliverables
F0	2020-09-02	APIs frozen. Only low-risk changes accepted on main branch.
RC1	2020-09-09 (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	2020-09-16 (RC1+7)	Second artifacts posted.
Cooldown and external tests	2020-09-23 (RC2+7)	Deadline for patches destined for the release
Formal Release	2020-09-30 (RC2+14)	20.09 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 20.09 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 19.08 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 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

Expected Dependencies on Other Projects