5 In an attempt to synchronize with other related open source projects
6 (e.g., OPNFV and OpenStack), OpenDaylight releases twice per year on
7 a 6 month cadence. These releases are scheduled for September 7th
8 and March 7th. These release dates are also used as the beginning
9 for the subsequent release.
24 - Declare Intention: Submit **Project_Plan** Jira item in TSC project
26 * - Initial Checkpoint
27 - Start Date + 2 weeks
29 - Initial Checkpoint. All Managed Projects must have completed
30 **Project_Plan** Jira items in TSC project.
32 * - Release Integrated Deadline
33 - Initial Checkpoint + 2 weeks
35 - Deadline for Release Integrated Projects (currently ODLPARENT and
36 YANGTOOLS) to provide the desired version deliverables for downstream
37 Snapshot Integrated Projects to consume.
40 - Release Integrated Deadline + 1 day
42 - Prepare version bump patches and merge them in (RelEng team). Spend the
43 next 2 weeks to get green build for all MSI Projects and a healthy
46 * - Version Bump Checkpoint
47 - Release Integrated Deadline + 2 weeks
49 - Check status of MSI Projects to see if we have green builds and a
50 healthy distribution. Revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
53 - Version Bump Checkpoint + 2 weeks
55 - All Managed Release CSIT should be in good shape - get all MSI Projects'
56 CSIT results as they were before the version bump. This is the final
57 opportunity to revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
60 - CSIT Checkpoint + 8 weeks
62 - Checkpoint for status of Managed Projects - especially Snapshot
66 - Middle Checkpoint + 4 weeks
68 - Code freeze for all Managed Projects - cut and lock release branch. Only
69 allow blocker bugfixes in release branch.
72 - TSC meeting 2 weeks after Code Freeze
74 - Final Checkpoint for all Managed Projects.
77 - 6 months after Start Date
82 - 1 month after Formal Release
84 - Service Release 1 (SR1)
89 - Service Release 2 (SR2)
94 - Service Release 3 (SR3)
99 - Service Release 4 (SR4) - final service release
101 * - Release End of Life
104 - End of Life - coincides with the Formal Release of the current release+2
105 versions and the start of the current release+3 versions