@@ -120,19 +120,19 @@ with an unspecified date.
Release Scheduling
------------------
-OVN makes releases at the following three-month cadence. All dates are
+OVN makes releases at the following six-month cadence. All dates are
approximate:
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Time (months) | Example Dates | Stage |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| T | Dec 1, Mar 1, ... | Begin x.y release cycle |
+| T | Mar 1, Sep 1, ... | Begin x.y release cycle |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| T + 2 | Feb 1, May 1, ... | "Soft freeze" main for x.y release |
+| T + 4.5 | Jul 15, Jan 15, ... | "Soft freeze" main for x.y release |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| T + 2.5 | Feb 15, May 15, ... | Fork branch-x.y from main |
+| T + 5 | Aug 1, Feb 1, ... | Fork branch-x.y from main |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| T + 3 | Mar 1, Jun 1, ... | Release version x.y.0 |
+| T + 6 | Sep 1, Mar 1, ... | Release version x.y.0 |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
Release Calendar
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ Release Calendar
The 2023 timetable is shown below. Note that these dates are not set in stone.
If extenuating circumstances arise, a release may be delayed from its target
-date.
+date. Also note that the release policy changed partway through 2023, which is
+why the release dates and timetables do not line up with the example above.
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
| Release | Soft Freeze | Branch Creation | Release |
@@ -151,21 +152,15 @@ date.
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
| 23.09.0 | Aug 4 | Aug 18 | Sep 1 |
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
-| 23.12.0 | Nov 3 | Nov 17 | Dec 1 |
-+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
Below is the 2024 timetable
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
| Release | Soft Freeze | Branch Creation | Release |
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
-| 24.03.0 | Feb 2 | Feb 16 | Mar 1 |
-+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
-| 24.06.0 | May 10 | May 24 | Jun 7 |
-+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
-| 24.09.0 | Aug 9 | Aug 23 | Sep 6 |
+| 24.03.0 | Jan 19 | Feb 2 | Mar 1 |
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
-| 24.12.0 | Nov 8 | Nov 22 | Dec 6 |
+| 24.09.0 | Jul 19 | Aug 2 | Sep 6 |
+---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+
Contact
Based on discussions that have occurred on the development mailing list and public IRC meetings, we have decided to reduce OVN to having two releases per year instead of four. When OVN initially spun off from OVS, the amount of feature requests and performance improvements were happening at a rapid pace. Releasing every three months made it possible to get these changes released rapidly. OVN has reached a point now where the number of new features has decreased. And the new features being requested are more complex and could use a longer lead time to be implemented. Therefore, this change makes OVN's release policy change to having two releases per year instead of four. Given that we now have a longer time between releases, this change also gives a longer time for testing the branches before release. Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <mmichels@redhat.com> --- Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 23 ++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)