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
30 - Start Date + 2 weeks
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.
41 For Sodium, this is +1 more week to resolve conflict with ONS NA 2019.
44 - Release Integrated Deadline + 1 day
45 - Start Date +4 weeks 1 day
46 - Prepare version bump patches and merge them in (RelEng team). Spend the
47 next 2 weeks to get green build for all MSI Projects and a healthy
49 * - Version Bump Checkpoint
51 - Release Integrated Deadline + 2 weeks
53 - Check status of MSI Projects to see if we have green builds and a
54 healthy distribution. Revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
57 - Version Bump Checkpoint + 2 weeks
59 - All Managed Release CSIT should be in good shape - get all MSI Projects'
60 CSIT results as they were before the version bump. This is the final
61 opportunity to revert the MRI deliverables if deemed necessary.
64 - CSIT Checkpoint + 8 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
65 - Start Date +16 weeks (sometimes +2 weeks to avoid December holidays)
66 - Checkpoint for status of Managed Projects - especially Snapshot
70 - Middle Checkpoint + 4 weeks
71 - Start Date +20 weeks
72 - Code freeze for all Managed Projects - cut and lock release branch. Only
73 allow blocker bugfixes in release branch.
76 - Code Freeze + 2 weeks
77 - Start Date +22 weeks
78 - Final Checkpoint for all Managed Projects.
81 - 6 months after Start Date
82 - Start Date +6 months
83 - Formal Release for Managed Projects. Self-managed projects usually are released a week later
86 - 1.5 month after Formal Release
87 - Start Date +7.5 months
88 - Service Release 1 (SR1)
92 - Start Date +10.5 months
93 - Service Release 2 (SR2)
97 - Start Date +14 months
98 - Service Release 3 (SR3) - Final Service Release
101 - Not Available Anymore
102 - Not Available Anymore
103 - Service Release 4 (SR4) - N/A
104 * - Release End of Life
107 - Start Date +18 months
108 - End of Life - coincides with the Formal Release of the current release+2
109 versions and the start of the current release+3 versions