5 OpenDaylight releases twice per year. The six-month cadence is designed to
6 synchronize OpenDaylight releases with OpenStack and OPNFV releases. Dates
7 are adjusted to match current resources and requirements from the current
8 OpenDaylight users. Dates are also adjusted when they conflict with holidays,
9 overlap with other releases or are otherwise problematic. Dates include the
10 release of both managed and self-managed projects.
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20 - **Start-Relative Dates**
27 - Declare Intention: Submit **Project_Plan** Jira item in TSC project.
28 * - Initial Checkpoint
32 - Initial Checkpoint. All Managed Projects must have completed
33 **Project_Plan** Jira items in TSC project.
34 * - Release Integrated Deadline
36 - Initial Checkpoint + 2 weeks
38 - Deadline for Release Integrated Projects (currently, ODLPARENT,
39 YANGTOOLS and MDSAL) to provide the desired version deliverables for
40 downstream Snapshot Integrated Projects to consume.
43 - Release Integrated Deadline + 1 day
44 - Start Date +4 weeks 1 day
45 - Prepare version bump patches and merge them in (RelEng team). Spend the
46 next 2 weeks to get green build for all MSI Projects and a healthy
48 * - Version Bump Checkpoint
50 - Release Integrated Deadline + 2 weeks
52 - Check status of MSI Projects to see if we have green builds and a
53 healthy distribution. Revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
56 - Version Bump Checkpoint + 2 weeks
58 - All Managed Release CSIT should be in good shape - get all MSI Projects'
59 CSIT results as they were before the version bump. This is the final
60 opportunity to revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
63 - CSIT Checkpoint + 8 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
64 - Start Date +16 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
65 - Checkpoint for status of Managed Projects - especially Snapshot
69 - Middle Checkpoint + 4 weeks
70 - Start Date +20 weeks
71 - Code freeze for all Managed Projects - cut and lock release branch. Only
72 allow blocker bugfixes in release branch.
75 - Code Freeze + 2 weeks
76 - Start Date +22 weeks
77 - Final Checkpoint for all Managed Projects.
79 - 2020-03-09 (actual 2020-03-19)
80 - 6 months after Start Date
81 - Start Date +6 months
82 - Formal Release for Managed Projects. Self-managed projects usually are released a week later.
84 - 2020-05-04 (actual release 2020-05-15)
85 - 1.5 month after Formal Release
86 - Start Date +7.5 months
87 - Service Release 1 (SR1)
91 - Start Date +10.5 months
92 - Service Release 2 (SR2)
96 - Start Date +14 months
97 - Service Release 3 (SR3)
102 - Service Release 4 (SR4) - Final Service Release
103 * - Release End of Life
106 - Start Date +18 months
107 - End of Life - coincides with the Formal Release of the current release+2
108 versions and the start of the current release+3 versions.