[Ns-developers] release update [feedback needed]

[Gustavo Carneiro]

2009/6/9 Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage at sophia.inria.fr>

> hi,
>
> Current items still on the table for merging:
>
>  - the virtual net device: gustavo went through a couple of iterations
> with tom, I lost track of the status of this project. Gustavo, could you
> merge in today ? If not, what is holding this ?


I need to rename it again, and cleanup some comments / api docs.  However I
am working on paper on a tight deadline, not sure if I will have time
today.  If not today, within the next two days I should be able to handle
this.


>
>
>  - craig's testing: we will get something for review this week
>
> Bugs which could be fixed for the release:
>  - 456: doxygen introspection output needs work
>  - 555, 585: dcf bugs (pending serious review)
>  - 563/565: stats patches (pending review by joe)
>  - 569: tap bridge and VMs
>  - 578: zipf variable
>  - 579, 559, 427, 426, 424: tcp bugs
>  - 539: documentation fixes
>  - other bugs I forgot ?
>
> The june 15th freeze I was planning for initially is looking
> increasingly unlikely since we still are waiting for the testing
> changes. At this point, there are 2 options:
>
> 1) wait for the testing changes, and delay the release for 2 weeks to
> shake all the loose ends in our code. This means a release by july 1st.
>
> 2) freeze now, aim for a release on june 15th or 20th and push the
> testing changes for just after the release.
>
> If I put my release manager hat on, I would tend to do [2]: I feel that
> it's getting a bit too late for the testing changes and I don't see any
> strong do-or-die argument in favor of merging so late. Are there
> comments ? Preferences about one option or another ?
>
> Mathieu
>
>


-- 
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
INESC Porto, Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit
"The universe is always one step beyond logic." -- Frank Herbert