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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21 - **Start-Relative Dates**
29 - Declare Intention: Submit **Project_Plan** Jira item in TSC project.
30 * - Initial Checkpoint
35 - Initial Checkpoint. All Managed Projects must have completed
36 **Project_Plan** Jira items in TSC project.
37 * - Release Integrated Deadline
40 - Initial Checkpoint + 2 weeks
42 - Deadline for Release Integrated Projects (currently, ODLPARENT,
43 YANGTOOLS and MDSAL) to provide the desired version deliverables for
44 downstream Snapshot Integrated Projects to consume.
45 For Sodium, this is +1 more week to resolve conflict with ONS NA 2019.
49 - Release Integrated Deadline + 1 day
50 - Start Date +4 weeks 1 day
51 - Prepare version bump patches and merge them in (RelEng team). Spend the
52 next 2 weeks to get green build for all MSI Projects and a healthy
54 * - Version Bump Checkpoint
57 - Release Integrated Deadline + 2 weeks
59 - Check status of MSI Projects to see if we have green builds and a
60 healthy distribution. Revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
64 - Version Bump Checkpoint + 2 weeks
66 - All Managed Release CSIT should be in good shape - get all MSI Projects'
67 CSIT results as they were before the version bump. This is the final
68 opportunity to revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
72 - CSIT Checkpoint + 8 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
73 - Start Date +16 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
74 - Checkpoint for status of Managed Projects - especially Snapshot
79 - Middle Checkpoint + 4 weeks
80 - Start Date +20 weeks
81 - Code freeze for all Managed Projects - cut and lock release branch. Only
82 allow blocker bugfixes in release branch.
86 - Code Freeze + 2 weeks
87 - Start Date +22 weeks
88 - Final Checkpoint for all Managed Projects.
92 - 6 months after Start Date
93 - Start Date +6 months
94 - Formal Release for Managed Projects. Self-managed projects usually are released a week later.
98 - 1.5 month after Formal Release
99 - Start Date +7.5 months
100 - Service Release 1 (SR1)
101 * - Service Release 2
105 - Start Date +10.5 months
106 - Service Release 2 (SR2)
107 * - Service Release 3
111 - Start Date +14 months
112 - Service Release 3 (SR3) - Final Service Release
113 * - Release End of Life
117 - Start Date +18 months
118 - End of Life - coincides with the Formal Release of the current release+2
119 versions and the start of the current release+3 versions.