Release Process and Phases¶
Feature Planning and Release¶
The GPU Operator release is described in the below table. +—————————–+—————–+ | What | Week | +=============================+=================+ | Feature Planning | Week -2 | +—————————–+—————–+ | Feature Freeze | Day 0 | +—————————–+—————–+ | Schedule Finalized | End of Week 0 | +—————————–+—————–+ | Nightly Releases | Any Time | +—————————–+—————–+ | Code Freeze | Day 3 of Week 3 | +—————————–+—————–+ | Github Tech Preview Release | Day 1 of Week 4 | +—————————–+—————–+ | Nightly Releases | Any Time | +—————————–+—————–+ | Code Freeze | Day 2 of Week 7 | +—————————–+—————–+ | NGC Release | Day 1 of Week 8 | +—————————–+—————–+
Nightly Releases are published after each successful CI run and only go through an automated QA.
Github Releases require the results of fully qualified QA to be published.
NGC Releases require external approval, security scanning, and a published fully qualified QA.
Automated QA is the set of tests that are ran automatically after each Merge Request.
Fully Qualified QA is the test plan we run through and metrics we collect before releasing.
Feature Freeze is the day after which no new features will be accepted.
Code Freeze is the day after which no new “Feature” Merge Requests will be accepted. Engineers should focus on bug fixes and QA.
Release Process Goals¶
As we improve the QA process of the different release, we will be striving towards the following goals: * P0: Reduce the cost of “ngc” releases * P0: Reduce the cost of “github” releases * P1: Merge ngc release in github releases * P1: Merge github releases in sprints
Release Phases¶
Feature Freeze: All enhancements wishing to be included in the current release must have been agreed on.
Planning Freeze: All enhancements wishing to be included in the current release must have been agreed on.
Code Freeze: All enhancements wishing to be included in the current release must have been agreed on.
Write a container-wiki page which contains the following information: * The Feature List * The Test Results * The KPI * The release notes * The schedule and target dates