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
31 * - Initial Checkpoint
34 - Start Date + 2 weeks
36 - Initial Checkpoint. All Managed Projects must have completed
37 **Project_Plan** Jira items in TSC project.
39 * - Release Integrated Deadline
42 - Initial Checkpoint + 2 weeks
44 - Deadline for Release Integrated Projects (currently, ODLPARENT,
45 YANGTOOLS and MDSAL) to provide the desired version deliverables for
46 downstream Snapshot Integrated Projects to consume.
47 For Sodium, this is +1 more week to resolve conflict with ONS NA 2019.
52 - Release Integrated Deadline + 1 day
53 - Start Date +4 weeks 1 day
54 - Prepare version bump patches and merge them in (RelEng team). Spend the
55 next 2 weeks to get green build for all MSI Projects and a healthy
58 * - Version Bump Checkpoint
61 - Release Integrated Deadline + 2 weeks
63 - Check status of MSI Projects to see if we have green builds and a
64 healthy distribution. Revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
69 - Version Bump Checkpoint + 2 weeks
71 - All Managed Release CSIT should be in good shape - get all MSI Projects'
72 CSIT results as they were before the version bump. This is the final
73 opportunity to revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
78 - CSIT Checkpoint + 8 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
79 - Start Date +16 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
80 - Checkpoint for status of Managed Projects - especially Snapshot
86 - Middle Checkpoint + 4 weeks
87 - Start Date +20 weeks
88 - Code freeze for all Managed Projects - cut and lock release branch. Only
89 allow blocker bugfixes in release branch.
94 - Code Freeze + 2 weeks
95 - Start Date +22 weeks
96 - Final Checkpoint for all Managed Projects.
101 - 6 months after Start Date
102 - Start Date +6 months
105 * - Service Release 1
108 - 1.5 month after Formal Release
109 - Start Date +7.5 months
110 - Service Release 1 (SR1)
112 * - Service Release 2
116 - Start Date +10.5 months
117 - Service Release 2 (SR2)
119 * - Service Release 3
123 - Start Date +14 months
124 - Service Release 3 (SR3) - Final Service Release
126 * - Service Release 4
129 - Not Available Anymore
130 - Not Available Anymore
131 - Service Release 4 (SR4) - N/A
133 * - Release End of Life
137 - Start Date +18 months
138 - End of Life - coincides with the Formal Release of the current release+2
139 versions and the start of the current release+3 versions