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ALTO: Boron: Release Plan

ALTO: Boron: Release Plan

Aug 27, 2021

Contents

Introduction

In the Boron release, the ALTO project is planning to accomplish the following tasks:

  • Implement a simple path computation engine

  • Implement a simple ECS based on FRM-lookup

  • Implement an anchor-based map generation module

  • Improve the test coverage to 20%

  • Remove "core/basic/ext/" from YANG namespaces to simplify future migrations

  • (Optional) Implement a ALTO service suite based on BGP

  • (Optional) Implement incremental update

  • (Optional) Implement ALTO cost calendar

Release Deliverables

Name

Description

alto-core

  • Define the new YANG model for basic types used in ALTO

  • Define the models for ALTO services

  • Define the top-level container for ALTO services

  • Provide the RESTful API defined in RFC7285

alto-basic

  • Provide the basic Information Resource Directory (IRD) service

  • Provide Network Map and Cost Map services that are manually configurable

  • Provide Endpoint Cost Service based on host tracker

  • Provide an anchor-based map generation service

alto-extension

  • Provide a Simple Path Computation Engine (SPCE) service

Release Milestones

2The deadline to meet and report the results of each milestone is at 23:59:59 UTC on the listed day. That corresponds to 4p or 5p pacific time.

Milestone

Offset 2 Date2

Events

M1

3/24/2016

Name

Description

Release Plan

See Boron Release Plan for ALTO

Deliverable Name

See Release Deliverables

M2

5/5/2016

Name

Description

Release Plan

See Boron Release Plan for ALTO

Deliverable Name

See Release Deliverables

M3

6/2/2016

Name

Description

Feature Freeze



Deliverable Name

Deliverable Description

M4

6/30/2016

Name

Description

API Freeze



Deliverable Name

Deliverable Description

M5

8/4/2016

Name

Description

Code Freeze



Deliverable Name

Deliverable Description

RC0

N/A

Name

Status

Description

Documentation complete



Documentation complete and reviewed

All critical defects resolved



All "show-stopper" defects resolved, all other defects agreed to as not critical

RC1

N/A

Name

Description

Bug fixing

Fixing only critical defects since RC0

RC2

N/A

Name

Description

Bug fixing

Fixing only critical defects since RC1

RC3

N/A

Name

Description

Release Review

Release Review

Formal Boron Release

N/A

Name

Description

Deliverable Name

Deliverable Description