coordinate releases with other projects that release at regular times each
year, e.g., OpenStack and OPNFV.
-To try to fix this, we are having a short Nitrogen release and then moving to
+To try to fix this, we had a short Nitrogen release and then we move to
a date-based, six-month release calendar releasing at the same time each year.
+Oxygen is the first date-based release of 2018.
-Nitrogen
+Oxygen
========
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| milestone | offset 0 | offset 1 | offset 2 | description |
-+===========+===========+===========+===========+==================================+
-| M0/M1 | 6/7/2017 | 6/14/2017 | 6/21/2017 | Draft Release Plan |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| M2/M3/M4 | 6/28/2017 | 7/7/2017 | 7/14/2017 | Final Release Plan, |
-| | | | | Functionality Freeze, API Freeze |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| M5 | 7/28/2017 | 8/7/2017 | 8/14/2017 | Code Freeze |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| RC0 | 8/14/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| RC1 | 8/21/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| RC2 | 8/28/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| RC3 | 9/3/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| Release | 9/7/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| SR1 | 10/7/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| SR2 | 12/7/2017 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| SR3 | 2/7/2018 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
-| SR4 | 3/21--5/7 | | | |
-+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| Milestone | offset 0 | offset 1 | offset 2 | Description |
++===========+============+============+============+========================================+
+| M0 | 2017/09/07 | 2017/09/07 | 2017/09/07 | Declare Intent |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| M1 | 2017/10/07 | 2017/10/14 | 2017/10/21 | Final Release Plan, Project Setup |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| M2 | 2017/11/07 | 2017/11/14 | 2017/11/21 | Functionality Freeze |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| M3 | 2017/12/07 | 2017/12/14 | 2017/12/21 | API Freeze |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| M4 | 2018/01/07 | 2018/01/14 | 2018/01/21 | Code Freeze *(note M3-M4 will likely |
+| | | | | be short since it includes 12/25-1/1)* |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| RC0 | 2018/02/07 | N/A | N/A | All projects must be in the |
+| | | | | distribution and autorelease |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| RC1 | 2018/02/14 | N/A | N/A | Lock branches |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| RC2 | 2018/02/21 | N/A | N/A | Only merge blocking bugs |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| RC3 | 2018/02/28 | N/A | N/A | Release Reviews, All known blockers |
+| | | | | addressed/merged |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| Release | 2018/03/07 | | | |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| SR1 | 2018/04/07 | | | |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| SR2 | 2018/06/07 | | | |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| SR3 | 2018/08/07 | | | |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
+| SR4 | 2018/09/21 | | | |
+| | - | | | |
+| | 2018/11/07 | | | |
++-----------+------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------------+
.. note:: Dates are calendar based on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of each month instead of being
on a particular day of the week. The intent is that projects will figure out how to meet
Starting with Oxygen, our odd-numbered element releases will look like this:
+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----------------------------------------+
-| milestone | off0 | off1 | off2 | Description |
+| Milestone | off0 | off1 | off2 | Description |
+===========+===========+=======+=======+========================================+
| M0 | 9/7 | | | Draft Release Plan |
+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----------------------------------------+
Starting with Fluorine, our even-numbered element releases will look like this:
+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----------------------------------------+
-| milestone | off0 | off1 | off2 | Description |
+| Milestone | off0 | off1 | off2 | Description |
+===========+===========+=======+=======+========================================+
| M0 | 3/7 | | | Draft Release Plan |
+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----------------------------------------+