just a quick update on where we are. the brctl patches have now merged so we have reached our MVP for stein. we are going to hold the release for another 18 hours or so to allow the ovsdb python lib feature to merged. the new grouping looks like this required: Add native implementation OVSDB API https://review.openstack.org/482226 prefer to merge: make functional tests run on python 3 https://review.openstack.org/638053 docs: Add API docs for VIF types https://review.openstack.org/637009 docs: Add API docs for profile, datapath offload types https://review.openstack.org/638395 defer to train: modify functional base.py to allow using vscode https://review.openstack.org/638058 doc: Use sphinx.ext.todo for profile, datapath offload types https://review.openstack.org/638405 docs: Start using sphinx.ext.autodoc for VIF types https://review.openstack.org/638404 Add 'SUPPORT_BW_CONFIG' option to VIFs https://review.openstack.org/636933 note the docs changes can land after non-client lib freeze as they are not feature but of the others shoudl wait till rc1 i have propsoed an patch to release os-vif 1.15.0 here https://review.openstack.org/#/c/639214/ i will -1 that patch for now and respin if we merge the remain patches early tomorrow or remove teh -1 and we will release with that patch. regards sean. On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 12:22 +0000, Sean Mooney wrote: > hi everyone. > > As many people know the non-client lib freeze is thursday the 28th > so it is time to do the final os-vif release for stein. > > there are a number of pending patches to os-vif > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/project:openstack/os-vif+status:open+branch:master > > while i think we can merge several of them i have sorted them into groups below. > > required: > remove use of brctl from vif_plug_linux_bridge https://review.openstack.org/636822 > remove use of brctl from vif_plug_linux_bridge https://review.openstack.org/636821 > > prefer to merge: > Add native implementation OVSDB API https://review.openstack.org/482226 > make functional tests run on python 3 https://review.openstack.org/638053 > > nice to have: > modify functional base.py to allow using vscode https://review.openstack.org/638058 > docs: Add API docs for VIF types https://review.openstack.org/637009 > doc: Use sphinx.ext.todo for profile, datapath offload types https://review.openstack.org/638405 > docs: Start using sphinx.ext.autodoc for VIF types https://review.openstack.org/638404 > docs: Add API docs for profile, datapath offload types https://review.openstack.org/638395 > > defer: > Add 'SUPPORT_BW_CONFIG' option to VIFs https://review.openstack.org/636933 > > > the required patches are makeing there way though the gate. > i would hope we can merge most of the patches in the prefer and nice to have buckets > but my intent is to propose a patch to the release repo tonight with the head of master proably > at or after 20:00 UTC which will be around noon PST. that will give eu and us > folks that want to review these changes a resonably amount of time. > > ideally we can try and get the release out early tommorow. once that is done os-vif will go into a > a feature freeze until RC1 is released of nova and neutron at which point it will unfreeze. > once i submit the patch for the release until thursday i would like to do a full code freeze on os-vif > so that if there are any bugs that show up in the gate we can fix those without accepting any other changes. > once we pass the non-client lib freeze on thrusday non feature patches such as docs changes or testing changes > are fine but features should wait to RC1. > > regards > sean >