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Using This Repository
This repository is for tracking release requests for OpenStack projects. The releases are managed using groups of "deliverables", made up of individual project repositories sharing a Launchpad group and a version number history. Many deliverables will only have one constituent project.
Defining a Deliverable
A "deliverable" is a unit of distribution of a useful project. It may be a single library or several server components that are packaged separately but released and used together. Rather than base the definition on technical terms such as packaging, we use the social organization of the project to identify deliverables. If the contents of two repositories share a bug reporting tool so that bugs for the contents of both repositories are mixed together and use the same version numbers for all releases (e.g., one launchpad project), they are both part of the same deliverable.
Within this repository, each deliverable is represented by a separate file within the release series directory or the _independent directory. The data that needs to go into each file is described in detail below. All automated manipulation of the deliverable is managed through the data file, which is reviewed by the core team when the patch is proposed to openstack/releases.
Requesting a Release
The PTL or release liaison for a project may request a release from master by submitting a patch to this repository, appending the necessary release metadata to the file describing the deliverable to be released. The release team will review the request and provide feedback about the version number.
The stable maintenance team, PTL, or release liaison for a project may request a release from a stable branch by submitting a patch to this repository, appending the necessary release metadata to the file describing the deliverable to be released. The release team will review the request and provide feedback about the version number. If the stable release is requested by the stable maintenance team, it should be acknowledged by the PTL or release liaison to ensure that the development team is aware of the coming change.
Prepare the release request by submitting a patch to this repository.
Always add the new release to the end of the list being edited. The version numbers will be reordered for display.
Always pick new version numbers for new releases. We do not update the contents of previously tagged releases, because that confuses users who have already downloaded those packages.
Make sure you follow semantic versioning rules semver when picking the version number.
In particular, if there is a change going into this release which requires a higher minimum version of a dependency, then the minor version should be incremented.
Note
The exception to this rule is when the versions of a project are pinned between minor versions in stable branches. In those cases we frequently release global-requirements syncs with a patch version to fix the target branch, e.g. stable/juno, but don't increment the minor version to avoid it being used in a different branch, like stable/kilo. Someone from the stable-maint-core team should +1 a change like this before it's approved.
Do not increment version numbers artificially to maintain consistent versions between deliverables. We expect versions of compatible deliverables to drift apart over time, and made the decision to embrace this by using other tools to document for users which combinations of packages go together.
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-June/065992.html
If two build artifacts always need to have the same version number, that implies strongly that they are part of the same deliverable and should not be released separately.
Start version numbers with 0.1.0 for unstable early editions and prototypes. Switch to 1.0.0 for the first production-ready release. Do not release the first version of a deliverable with a number that matches the version used by other existing related deliverables. This confuses consumers about the maturity of the new deliverable and about where they should find "older" versions with lower numbers, which do not exist.
Set the first line (summary) of the commit message to the package name and version being requested.
If you are not the release liaison or PTL, have the PTL of the project acknowledge the request with a +1.
Do not use the "Depends-On" feature of zuul to make a release request depend on merging another patch in your project. The dependency management does not work properly in the release check jobs, and the validator requires that the patch listed in your deliverable file actually be merged into a proper branch.
Do not submit multiple dependent patches for multiple releases. Having a patch series with multiple releases means the release team cannot properly prioritize processing them. During milestone weeks, preference is given to milestone releases. Releases from stable branches, independent projects, and other types of releases are processed later. If your milestone release request depends on a request that is deprioritized, you may miss the deadline.
RC1 tags and stable branches should be submitted together for projects using the cycle-with-rc release model.
Using new-release command
The releases repository contains several tools to make working with the data files easier. The new-release command, for example, calculates new version numbers based on the semantic versioning information given on the command line and determines the SHA of the HEAD of the appropriate branch.
Use the venv
tox environment to run the tool, like
this:
$ tox -e venv -- new-release SERIES DELIVERABLE TYPE
The SERIES value should be the release series, such as "pike".
The DELIVERABLE value should be the deliverable name, such as "oslo.config" or "cinder".
The TYPE value should be one of:
bugfix
-- For a release containing only bug fixes.
feature
-- For a release with a new feature, a new
dependency, or a change to the minimum allowed version of a
dependency.
major
-- For a release with a backwards-incompatible
change.
milestone
-- For a date-based milestone tag.
rc
-- For a release candidate.
new-series automatically includes a stable branch for the first release candidate.
If the most recent release of cinder during the pike series is 11.0.0.0b3 then running:
$ tox -e venv -- new-release pike cinder rc
detects that this is the first release candidate and updates the file deliverables/pike/cinder.yaml with the new release and a new stable branch.
If a deliverable includes multiple git repositories, all of the repositories are included in the new release unless their HEAD version matches the most recent release from that repository. To re-tag in those cases, use the --force option.
Use the --stable-branch option to also create a stable branch for the new release. Projects following the cycle-with-rc release model automatically receive a new stable branch on their first release candidate.
Requesting a Branch
The PTL or release liaison for a project may request a new branch by submitting a patch to this repository, adding the necessary branch metadata to the file describing the deliverable to be released. The release team will review the request and provide feedback about the branch point and possibly the name.
Prepare the branch request by submitting a patch to this repository.
RC1 tags and stable branches should be submitted together for projects using the cycle-with-rc release model.
Always add the new branch to the end of the list in the file being edited.
Branches should use one of the standard prefixes:
stable/
-- for stable seriesfeature/
-- for temporary feature branchesstable/
branch names must match a valid series name.If you are not the release liaison or PTL, have the PTL of the project acknowledge the request with a +1.
Do not use the "Depends-On" feature of zuul to make a branch request depend on merging another patch in your project. The dependency management does not work properly in the release check jobs, and the validator requires that the patch listed in your deliverable file actually be merged into a proper branch.
Release Approval
Releases will only be denied during freeze weeks, periods where there are known gate issues, or when releasing will introduce unwanted instability. Releases made late in a week may be delayed until early in the next week unless there is a pressing need such as a gate failure or security issue.
Who is Responsible for the Release?
The release team is responsible for helping to clearly signal the nature of the changes in the release through good version number selection.
The project team is responsible for understanding the implications for consuming projects when a new release is made, and ensuring that releases do not break other projects. When breaks occur, the project team is responsible for taking the necessary corrective action.
Deliverable Files
Deliverable repositories for projects using cycle_with_intermediary
or cycle_with_milestones should be placed in their respective releases
within the deliverables directory. Deliverable repositories for projects
using the independent release model should be placed in the
deliverables/_independent
directory.
For a deliverable set of projects, we use one YAML file per release series to hold all of the metadata for all releases and branches of that deliverable. For each deliverable, we need to track:
- the launchpad project name (such as
oslo.config
) or storyboard project id (such as760
) - the series (Kilo, Liberty, etc.)
- the release model being used
- for each repository
- the name (such as
openstack/oslo.config
) - the hash of the commit to be tagged
- the version number to use
- the name (such as
- cycle highlights that will be published to
releases.openstack.org/$SERIES/highlights.html
(optional, and for cycle-with-intermediary, cycle-with-rc, and cycle-trailing projects only) - the starting points of all branches
We track this metadata for the history of all releases of the deliverable, so we can render a set of release history documentation.
The file should be named based on the deliverable to be tagged, so
releases for liberty
from the
openstack/oslo.config
repository will have a file in
openstack/releases
called
deliverables/liberty/oslo.config.yaml
. Releases of the same
deliverable from the stable/kilo
branch will be described
by deliverables/kilo/oslo.config.yaml
.
Deliverables File Schema
The top level of a deliverable file is a mapping with keys:
team
-
The name of the team that owns the deliverable, as listed in the governance repository data files.
launchpad
-
The slug name of the launchpad project, suitable for use in URLs. (Not needed for projects using storyboard.)
storyboard
-
The ID of the storyboard project, suitable for use in URLs and API calls. (Not needed for projects using launchpad.)
release-notes
-
The URL or URLs to the published release notes for the deliverable for the series.
Deliverables contained a single repository should simply include the URL to the notes for that repository. Deliverables made up of multiple repositories should use a hash to map each repository name to its notes URL.
include-pypi-link
-
Either
yes
orno
, indicating whether the release announcement should include the link to the package on PyPI. Defaults tono
. release-model
-
Identify the release model used by the deliverable. See the reference section of the documentation for descriptions of the valid models.
type
-
Categorize the deliverable based on what it does. See the reference section of the documentation for descriptions of the valid deliverable types.
artifact-link-mode
-
Describe how to link to artifacts produced by the project. The default is
tarball
. Valid values are:tarball
-
Automatically generates links to version-specific files on tarballs.openstack.org.
none
-
Do not link to anything, just show the version number.
repository-settings
-
Mapping of special settings to control the behavior for each repository, keyed by the repository name.
flags
-
A list of flags attached to the repository.
no-artifact-build-job
-
This repository has no job for building an artifact, but should be tagged anyway.
retired
-
This repository is no longer used, but was present in old versions of a deliverable.
pypi-name
-
An optional name for the deliverable on pypi.python.org. This value is only needed if the name on PyPI does not match the canonicalized output of
python setup.py --name
, such as if it uses capitalized letters ("DragonFlow" instead of "dragonflow").
release-type
-
This (optional) key sets the level of validation for the versions numbers.
python-service
-
Default: Enforces 3 digit semver version numbers in releases and allows for common alpha, beta and dev releases. This should be appropriate for most OpenStack component release requirements.
python-pypi
-
Like
python-service
but requires the jobs to publish the component to the Python Package Index (PyPI). xstatic
-
Allows a more flexible versioning in line with xstatic package guidelines and requirements.
fuel
-
The Fuel project manages its own packages.
puppet
-
All puppet modules should use this. If no release-type is specified and the validation job can determine that a module is a puppet module, it assumes a release-type of
puppet
. nodejs
-
All nodejs modules should use this. If no release-type is specified and the validation job can determine that a module is a nodejs module, it assumes a release-type of
nodejs
. neutron
-
For projects using the PyPI publishing variant that installs neutron in order to build the package. Typically used by neutron plugins.
horizon
-
For projects using the PyPI publishing variant that installs horizon in order to build the package. Typically used by horizon plugins.
releases
-
A list of the releases for the deliverable.
stable-branch-type
-
This (optional) key sets the validation for the location associated with each stable branch.
std
-
Default: Requires stable branches to be created from tagged releases. This is the correct branch type for most projects.
The location must be either an existing version tag or the most recently added version number under the releases list (allowing a tag and branch to be submitted together). All repositories associated with the version (as identified by the deliverable file) will be branched from that version using the name given.
tagless
-
This mode requires stable branch locations to be a mapping between repository name and an existing commit, specified by the hash. This mode should only be used for projects that do not tag releases, such as devstack and grenade.
upstream
-
Stable branch names track upstream release names, rather than OpenStack series names.
cycle-highlights
-
A list of plain-text bullet points describing some of the top new features or changes you would like to point out for this release cycle. Minimal RST markup is supported. These highlights are compiled per team and published to
releases.openstack.org/$SERIES/highlights.html
. branches
-
A list of the branches for the deliverable.
Each release
entry is a mapping with keys:
version
-
The version tag for that release, to be applied to all of the member projects.
projects
-
A list of all of the projects making up the deliverable for that release.
highlights
-
An optional message to be included in the release note email announcing the release. (Use
|
to indicate a multi-line, pre-formatted message.) flags
-
A list of flags attached to the release.
forced
-
This release was applied by the release team, and not the project team.
Each entry in the projects
list is a mapping with
keys:
repo
-
The name of the repository on git.openstack.org.
hash
-
The SHA1 hash for the commit to receive the version tag.
tarball-base
-
An optional name for the base of the tarball created by the release. If no value is provided, it defaults to the repo base name.
Each entry in the branches
list is a mapping with
keys:
name
-
The name of the branch.
location
-
The location value depends on the name.
If a branch name starts with stable/ then the location value depends on the
stable-branch-type
setting.If a branch name starts with feature/ then the location must be a mapping between the target repository name and the SHA of a commit already in the target repository.
Examples
For example, one version of
deliverables/liberty/oslo.config.yaml
might contain:
---
launchpad: oslo.config
branches:
- name: feature/random-feature-work
location:
openstack/oslo.config: 02a86d2eefeda5144ea8c39657aed24b8b0c9a39
releases:
- version: 1.12.0
projects:
- repo: openstack/oslo.config
hash: 02a86d2eefeda5144ea8c39657aed24b8b0c9a39
and then for the subsequent release it would be updated to contain:
---
launchpad: oslo.config
branches:
- name: feature/random-feature-work
location:
openstack/oslo.config: 02a86d2eefeda5144ea8c39657aed24b8b0c9a39
- name: stable/newton
location: 1.12.1
releases:
- version: 1.12.0
projects:
- repo: openstack/oslo.config
hash: 02a86d2eefeda5144ea8c39657aed24b8b0c9a39
- version: 1.12.1
projects:
- repo: openstack/oslo.config
hash: 0c9113f68285f7b55ca01f0bbb5ce6cddada5023
highlights: |
This release includes the change to stop importing
from the 'oslo' namespace package.
For deliverables with multiple repositories, the list of projects
would contain all of them. For example, the Neutron deliverable might be
described by deliverables/mitaka/neutron.yaml
containing:
---
launchpad: neutron
release-notes:
openstack/neutron: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/neutron/mitaka.html
openstack/neutron-lbaas: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/neutron-lbaas/mitaka.html
openstack/neutron-fwaas: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/neutron-fwaas/mitaka.html
openstack/neutron-vpnaas: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/neutron-vpnaas/mitaka.html
releases:
- version: 8.0.0
projects:
- repo: openstack/neutron
hash: 3213eb124e40b130e174ac3a91067e2b196788dd
- repo: openstack/neutron-fwaas
hash: ab5622891e2b1a7631f97471f55ffb9b5235e5ee
- repo: openstack/neutron-lbaas
hash: 19b18f05037dae4bbbada848aae6421da18ab490
- repo: openstack/neutron-vpnaas
hash: a1b12601a64a2359b2224fd4406c5db008484700
To allow tagging for repositories without build artifacts, set the
no-artifact-build-job
flag.
---
launchpad: astara
repository-settings:
openstack/astara-appliance:
flags:
- no-artifact-build-job
releases:
- version: 9.0.0.0b1
projects:
- repo: openstack/astara-appliance
hash: c21a64ea7b3b0fbdab8592afecdd31d9b8e64a6a
Helpers
In order to help build out these files there are various command line
based tools that come with this repository. To install these it is as
easy as pip install .
in this repository directory.
new-release
takes arguments to describe a new release and updates the deliverable file, automatically calculating the version numberedit-deliverable
takes arguments to update the contents of a single deliverable filelist-changes
that lists the changes in a given release file.interactive-release
that goes through a wizard style set of questions to produce a new or updated release of a given project or set of projects.missing-releases
scans deliverable files and verifies that all of the releases that should have been tagged by hand have beeninit-series
initializes a new deliverable directory with stub files based on the previous release.
tools/aclmanager.py
A script to handle pre-release/post-release ACLs on stable/$SERIES branches.
The 'acls' action helps to produce a patch over openstack-infra/project-config that inserts a specific ACL for stable/$SERIES.
The 'groups' action helps to adjust the membership of $PROJ-release-branch Gerrit group, based on which stage the release branch is at. At pre-release we remove $PROJ-stable-maint, and add the $PROJ-release and Release Managers group (pre_release subaction). At post-release, we remove $PROJ-release and Release Managers, and add $PROJ-stable-maint (post_release subaction).
Examples:
To create the ACL patch for stable/newton:
tox -e aclmanager -- --series newton acls ~/branches/openstack-infra/project-config
To set the pre-release group membership:
tox -e aclmanager -- groups pre_release ttx
tools/membership_freeze_test.py
A script to test for new deliverables in governance that were never under release management and therefore escape any form of release management tracking.
Those need to be checked around milestone-2 (before MembershipFreeze) so that we create deliverable files for them if they are to be part of the final release.
Example:
To check for Stein release:
tox -e membership_freeze_test -- stein ~/branches/governance/reference/projects.yaml
This script generate can generate a project url and append it to each results found simply by adding the flag --url to your command.
By default the generated urls use the official git repository (https://git.openstack.org) but you can use another one like github or your specific dist git url by adding the option --distgit <base-url> to your command.
Example:
tox -e membership_freeze_test -- stein ~/branches/governance/reference/projects.yaml --url --distgit https://github.com/
propose-final-releases
Command to edit the deliverable files in a releases repository to propose final releases. The command modifies files in an existing copy of the repository and does not invoke git at all, so you need to create a branch before running it then review the output, commit the changes, and push the patch to gerrit.
tox -e venv -- propose-final-releases newton ocata
propose-library-branches
Command to edit the deliverable files in a releases repository to propose stable branches for libraries. The command modifies files in an existing copy of the repository and does not invoke git at all, so you need to create a branch before running it then review the output, commit the changes, and push the patch to gerrit.
tox -e venv -- propose-library-branches
tox -e venv -- propose-library-branches pike
tools/list_unreleased_changes.sh
Given a branch and one or more repositories, produce a list of the changes in those repositories since their last tag on that branch. This is useful for deciding if a project needs to prepare a release, and for predicting what the next release version should be by looking at the commit logs.
./tools/list_unreleased_changes.sh master openstack/oslo.config
Print the list of changes in openstack/oslo.config
along
the master branch.
tools/list_unreleased_changes_for_team.sh
Given a series and team name, produce a list of the changes in the repositories for that team since their last tag on that branch. This is useful for deciding if a project needs to prepare a release, and for predicting what the next release version should be by looking at the commit logs.
./tools/list_unreleased_changes_for_team.sh stein oslo
Print the list of changes in Oslo team repositories along the branch for the stein release ('master' before the release and 'stable/stein' after the release).
tools/list_library_unreleased_changes.sh
Runs list_unreleased_changes.sh for all libraries managed by any project.
list_stable_unreleased_changes.sh
Runs list_unreleased_changes.sh with the given branch for all
repositories tagged with stable:follows-policy
.
./list_stable_unreleased_changes.sh stable/liberty
is equivalent to:
./list_unreleased_changes.sh stable/liberty $(list-deliverables --repos --series liberty)