Due to general best practices about not releasing on Fridays, this proposed timetable for 2027 suggests Tuesday releases of OVN. Rather than releasing exactly four weeks after branching, we release on the Tuesday following the four week mark. Soft freeze and branching still occur on Fridays, though.
Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <[email protected]> --- Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst index 938ed30a2..ae2c1750e 100644 --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst @@ -178,26 +178,28 @@ OVN version. Release Calendar ---------------- -The 2025 timetable is shown below. Note that these dates are not set in stone. +The 2026 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. +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ | Release | Soft Freeze | Branch Creation | Release | +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ -| 25.03.0 | Jan 24 | Feb 7 | Mar 7 | +| 26.03.0 | Jan 23 | Feb 20 | Mar 20 | +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ -| 25.09.0 | Jul 25 | Aug 8 | Sep 5 | +| 26.09.0 | Jul 24 | Aug 21 | Sep 18 | +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ -Below is the 2026 timetable +Below is the 2027 timetable. Note that unlike in previous years, this +calendar proposes Tuesday releases instead of Friday releases. However, +soft freeze and branching dates are still on Fridays. +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ | Release | Soft Freeze | Branch Creation | Release | +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ -| 26.03.0 | Jan 23 | Feb 20 | Mar 20 | +| 26.03.0 | Jan 22 | Feb 19 | Mar 23 | +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ -| 26.09.0 | Jul 24 | Aug 21 | Sep 18 | +| 26.09.0 | Jul 23 | Aug 20 | Sep 21 | +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ Contact -- 2.51.1 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
