[Ns-developers] ns-2 release plans

[Tom Henderson]

This is an update on some ns-2 roadmap items, and a question for the 
list below.  I had previously suggested that Dec. 15 might be a good 
date for trying to freeze the code for the next ns-2 release.  This 
would allow some testing before releasing the code in early January 
timeframe.

> 
>     * David Wei's Linux-TCP patch
>     * David Wei's CalendarQueue scheduler patch

the above two are already added.

>     * Dynamic libraries patch

Nicola posted a patch for review last week, and it seems to me to be a 
reasonable goal to merge this piece for the upcoming release.


Regarding 802.11:
 > Based on the discussion which has slowed recently, it seems like there
 > was support for moving forward on two parallel paths:
 >
 > 1) extend the existing 802.11 implementation with the following:
 >   - Ilango's beacon and association patch, along with a new
 > authentication and active scanning patch (not yet posted to the list)

A new patch for the above should be released this week.

 >  - the dei80211mr loadable multirate library

This is available at:  http://www.dei.unipd.it/wdyn/?IDsezione=5090

 >
 > Sven Wiethoelter suggested even to freeze this model after the next
 > release to provide a stable base for legacy patches.
 >
 > 2) incorporate the new DC-REDNA 802.11 stack as a second stack
 >  - http://dsn.tm.uni-karlsruhe.de/1374.php
 >

This module (not finalized) is available at:
http://dsn.tm.uni-karlsruhe.de/Overhaul_NS-2.php


I would like to hear from others whether they believe that we should try 
to merge any of the above 802.11 items for this release or hold for the 
next release, and if the latter, what they would like to see occur (more 
time to review, more documentation or examples, more list feedback, 
etc.) before checking in the code.

Tom