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1 | ============= |
2 | Ceph Releases | |
3 | ============= | |
4 | ||
5 | Timeline | |
6 | -------- | |
7 | ||
8 | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
9 | | |`Dumpling`_|`Emperor`_ |`Firefly`_ |`Giant`_ |`Hammer`_ |`Infernalis`_ |`Jewel`_ |`Kraken`_ | | |
10 | | |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable | | |
11 | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
12 | | First release | August | November | May | October | April | November | April | January | | |
13 | | | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | | |
14 | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
15 | | Estimated retirement | March | | January | | May | | November | | | |
16 | | | 2015 | | 2016 | | 2017 | | 2017 | | | |
17 | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
18 | | Actual retirement | May | May | April | April | | April 2016 | | | | |
19 | | | 2015 | 2014 | 2016 | 2015 | | | | | | |
20 | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
21 | ||
22 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
224ce89b | 23 | | |Development|`Dumpling`_|`Emperor`_ |`Firefly`_ |`Giant`_ |`Hammer`_ |`Infernalis`_ |`Jewel`_ |`Kraken`_ | |
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24 | | |Testing |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable |LTS |Stable | |
25 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
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26 | | July 2017 | 12.1.1 | | | | | | |`10.2.9`_ | | |
27 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
28 | | | | | | | | | |`10.2.8`_ | | | |
29 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
224ce89b | 30 | | June 2017 |`12.1.0`_ | | | | | | | | | |
7c673cae | 31 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ |
224ce89b | 32 | | May 2017 |`12.0.3`_ | | | | | | | | | |
7c673cae | 33 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ |
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34 | | April 2017 |`12.0.2`_ | | | | | | |`10.2.7`_ | | |
35 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
36 | | March 2017 |`12.0.1`_ | | | | | | |`10.2.6`_ | | | |
37 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
38 | | February 2017 |`12.0.0`_ | | | | |`0.94.10`_ | | | | | |
39 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
40 | | January 2017 | 11.1.1 | | | | | | | |`11.2.0`_ | | |
41 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
42 | | December 2016 | 11.1.0 | | | | | | |`10.2.5`_ | | | |
c07f9fc5 | 43 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ |
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44 | | | | | | | | | |`10.2.4`_ | | |
45 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
224ce89b | 46 | | October 2016 |`11.0.2`_ | | | | | | | | | |
c07f9fc5 | 47 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ |
224ce89b | 48 | | | 11.0.1 | | | | | | | | | |
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49 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ |
50 | | September 2016 | | | | | | | |`10.2.3`_ | | | |
51 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
52 | | August 2016 | | | | | |`0.94.9`_ | | | | | |
c07f9fc5 | 53 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ |
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54 | | | | | | | |`0.94.8`_ | | | | |
55 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
56 | | June 2016 | 11.0.0 | | | | | | |`10.2.2`_ | | | |
57 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
58 | | May 2016 | | | | | |`0.94.7`_ | |`10.2.1`_ | | | |
59 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
60 | | April 2016 |`10.1.2`_ | | | | | | |`10.2.0`_ | | | |
61 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
62 | | |`10.1.1`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
63 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
64 | | March 2016 |`10.1.0`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
65 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
66 | | |`10.0.5`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
67 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
68 | | February 2016 |`10.0.3`_ | | | | |`0.94.6`_ |`9.2.1`_ | | | | |
69 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
70 | | January 2016 |`10.0.2`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
71 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
72 | | December 2015 |`10.0.1`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
73 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
74 | | November 2015 |`10.0.0`_ | | |`0.80.11`_ | | |`9.2.0`_ | | | | |
75 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
76 | | October 2015 |`9.1.0`_ | | | | |`0.94.5`_ | | | | | |
77 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
78 | | | | | | | |`0.94.4`_ | | | | | |
79 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
80 | | August 2015 |`9.0.3`_ | | | | |`0.94.3`_ | | | | | |
81 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
82 | | July 2015 |`9.0.2`_ | | |`0.80.10`_ | | | | | | | |
83 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
84 | | June 2015 |`9.0.1`_ | | | | |`0.94.2`_ | | | | | |
85 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
86 | | May 2015 |`9.0.0`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
87 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
88 | | April 2015 | | | | |`0.87.2`_ |`0.94.1`_ | | | | | |
89 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
90 | | | | | | | |`0.94`_ | | | | | |
91 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
92 | | March 2015 | | | |`0.80.9`_ | | | | | | | |
93 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
94 | | February 2015 |`0.93`_ | | | |`0.87.1`_ | | | | | | |
95 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
96 | | |`0.92`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
97 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
98 | | January 2015 |`0.91`_ | | |`0.80.8`_ | | | | | | | |
99 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
100 | | December 2014 |`0.90`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
101 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
102 | | |`0.89`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
103 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
104 | | November 2014 |`0.88`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
105 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
106 | | October 2014 |`0.86`_ | | |`0.80.7`_ |`0.87`_ | | | | | | |
107 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
108 | | | | | |`0.80.6`_ | | | | | | | |
109 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
110 | | September 2014 |`0.85`_ |`0.67.11`_ | | | | | | | | | |
111 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
112 | | August 2014 |`0.84`_ |`0.67.10`_ | | | | | | | | | |
113 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
114 | | July 2014 |`0.83`_ | | |`0.80.5`_ | | | | | | | |
115 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
116 | | | | | |`0.80.4`_ | | | | | | | |
117 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
118 | | | | | |`0.80.3`_ | | | | | | | |
119 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
120 | | | | | |`0.80.2`_ | | | | | | | |
121 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
122 | | June 2014 |`0.82`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
123 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
124 | | |`0.81`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
125 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
126 | | May 2014 | |`0.67.9`_ | |`0.80.1`_ | | | | | | | |
127 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
128 | | | |`0.67.8`_ | |`0.80`_ | | | | | | | |
129 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
130 | | April 2014 |`0.79`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
131 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
132 | | March 2014 |`0.78`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
133 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
134 | | February 2014 |`0.77`_ |`0.67.7`_ | | | | | | | | | |
135 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
136 | | | |`0.67.6`_ | | | | | | | | | |
137 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
138 | | January 2014 |`0.76`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
139 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
140 | | |`0.75`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
141 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
142 | | December 2013 |`0.74`_ |`0.67.5`_ |`0.72.2`_ | | | | | | | | |
143 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
144 | | |`0.73`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
145 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
146 | | November 2013 | | |`0.72.1`_ | | | | | | | | |
147 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
148 | | | | |`0.72`_ | | | | | | | | |
149 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
150 | | October 2013 |`0.71`_ |`0.67.4`_ | | | | | | | | | |
151 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
152 | | |`0.70`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
153 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
154 | | September 2013 |`0.69`_ | | | | | | | | | | |
155 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
156 | | |`0.68`_ |`0.67.3`_ | | | | | | | | | |
157 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
158 | | August 2013 | |`0.67.2`_ | | | | | | | | | |
159 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
160 | | | |`0.67.1`_ | | | | | | | | | |
161 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
162 | | | |`0.67`_ | | | | | | | | | |
163 | +----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+ | |
164 | ||
165 | ||
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166 | .. _12.1.0: ../release-notes#v12-1-0-luminous-rc |
167 | .. _12.0.3: ../release-notes#v12-0-3-luminous-dev | |
168 | .. _12.0.2: ../release-notes#v12-0-2-luminous-dev | |
169 | .. _12.0.1: ../release-notes#v12-0-1-luminous-dev | |
170 | .. _12.0.0: ../release-notes#v12-0-0-luminous-dev | |
171 | ||
172 | .. _11.2.0: ../release-notes#v11-2-0-kraken | |
173 | .. _Kraken: ../release-notes#v11-2-0-kraken | |
7c673cae | 174 | |
224ce89b | 175 | .. _11.0.2: ../release-notes#v11-0-2-kraken |
7c673cae | 176 | |
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177 | .. _10.2.9: ../release-notes#v10-2-9-jewel |
178 | .. _10.2.8: ../release-notes#v10-2-8-jewel | |
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179 | .. _10.2.7: ../release-notes#v10-2-7-jewel |
180 | .. _10.2.6: ../release-notes#v10-2-6-jewel | |
181 | .. _10.2.5: ../release-notes#v10-2-5-jewel | |
182 | .. _10.2.4: ../release-notes#v10-2-4-jewel | |
183 | .. _10.2.3: ../release-notes#v10-2-3-jewel | |
184 | .. _10.2.2: ../release-notes#v10-2-2-jewel | |
185 | .. _10.2.1: ../release-notes#v10-2-1-jewel | |
186 | .. _10.2.0: ../release-notes#v10-2-0-jewel | |
187 | .. _Jewel: ../release-notes#v10-2-0-jewel | |
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188 | |
189 | .. _10.1.2: ../release-notes#v10-1-2-jewel-release-candidate | |
190 | .. _10.1.1: ../release-notes#v10-1-1-jewel-release-candidate | |
191 | .. _10.1.0: ../release-notes#v10-1-0-jewel-release-candidate | |
192 | .. _10.0.5: ../release-notes#v10-0-5 | |
193 | .. _10.0.3: ../release-notes#v10-0-3 | |
194 | .. _10.0.2: ../release-notes#v10-0-2 | |
195 | .. _10.0.1: ../release-notes#v10-0-1 | |
196 | .. _10.0.0: ../release-notes#v10-0-0 | |
197 | ||
198 | .. _9.2.1: ../release-notes#v9-2-1-infernalis | |
199 | .. _9.2.0: ../release-notes#v9-2-0-infernalis | |
224ce89b | 200 | .. _Infernalis: ../release-notes#v9-2-0-infernalis |
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201 | |
202 | .. _9.1.0: ../release-notes#v9-1-0 | |
203 | .. _9.0.3: ../release-notes#v9-0-3 | |
204 | .. _9.0.2: ../release-notes#v9-0-2 | |
205 | .. _9.0.1: ../release-notes#v9-0-1 | |
206 | .. _9.0.0: ../release-notes#v9-0-0 | |
207 | ||
208 | .. _0.94.10: ../release-notes#v0-94-10-hammer | |
209 | .. _0.94.9: ../release-notes#v0-94-9-hammer | |
210 | .. _0.94.8: ../release-notes#v0-94-8-hammer | |
211 | .. _0.94.7: ../release-notes#v0-94-7-hammer | |
212 | .. _0.94.6: ../release-notes#v0-94-6-hammer | |
213 | .. _0.94.5: ../release-notes#v0-94-5-hammer | |
214 | .. _0.94.4: ../release-notes#v0-94-4-hammer | |
215 | .. _0.94.3: ../release-notes#v0-94-3-hammer | |
216 | .. _0.94.2: ../release-notes#v0-94-2-hammer | |
217 | .. _0.94.1: ../release-notes#v0-94-1-hammer | |
218 | .. _0.94: ../release-notes#v0-94-hammer | |
219 | .. _Hammer: ../release-notes#v0-94-hammer | |
220 | ||
221 | .. _0.93: ../release-notes#v0-93 | |
222 | .. _0.92: ../release-notes#v0-92 | |
223 | .. _0.91: ../release-notes#v0-91 | |
224 | .. _0.90: ../release-notes#v0-90 | |
225 | .. _0.89: ../release-notes#v0-89 | |
226 | .. _0.88: ../release-notes#v0-88 | |
227 | ||
228 | .. _0.87.2: ../release-notes#v0-87-2-giant | |
229 | .. _0.87.1: ../release-notes#v0-87-1-giant | |
230 | .. _0.87: ../release-notes#v0-87-giant | |
231 | .. _Giant: ../release-notes#v0-87-giant | |
232 | ||
233 | .. _0.86: ../release-notes#v0-86 | |
234 | .. _0.85: ../release-notes#v0-85 | |
235 | .. _0.84: ../release-notes#v0-84 | |
236 | .. _0.83: ../release-notes#v0-83 | |
237 | .. _0.82: ../release-notes#v0-82 | |
238 | .. _0.81: ../release-notes#v0-81 | |
239 | ||
240 | .. _0.80.11: ../release-notes#v0-80-11-firefly | |
241 | .. _0.80.10: ../release-notes#v0-80-10-firefly | |
242 | .. _0.80.9: ../release-notes#v0-80-9-firefly | |
243 | .. _0.80.8: ../release-notes#v0-80-8-firefly | |
244 | .. _0.80.7: ../release-notes#v0-80-7-firefly | |
245 | .. _0.80.6: ../release-notes#v0-80-6-firefly | |
246 | .. _0.80.5: ../release-notes#v0-80-5-firefly | |
247 | .. _0.80.4: ../release-notes#v0-80-4-firefly | |
248 | .. _0.80.3: ../release-notes#v0-80-3-firefly | |
249 | .. _0.80.2: ../release-notes#v0-80-2-firefly | |
250 | .. _0.80.1: ../release-notes#v0-80-1-firefly | |
251 | .. _0.80: ../release-notes#v0-80-firefly | |
252 | .. _Firefly: ../release-notes#v0-80-firefly | |
253 | ||
254 | .. _0.79: ../release-notes#v0-79 | |
255 | .. _0.78: ../release-notes#v0-78 | |
256 | .. _0.77: ../release-notes#v0-77 | |
257 | .. _0.76: ../release-notes#v0-76 | |
258 | .. _0.75: ../release-notes#v0-75 | |
259 | .. _0.74: ../release-notes#v0-74 | |
260 | .. _0.73: ../release-notes#v0-73 | |
261 | ||
262 | .. _0.72.2: ../release-notes#v0-72-2-emperor | |
263 | .. _0.72.1: ../release-notes#v0-72-1-emperor | |
264 | .. _0.72: ../release-notes#v0-72-emperor | |
265 | .. _Emperor: ../release-notes#v0-72-emperor | |
266 | ||
267 | .. _0.71: ../release-notes#v0-71 | |
268 | .. _0.70: ../release-notes#v0-70 | |
269 | .. _0.69: ../release-notes#v0-69 | |
270 | .. _0.68: ../release-notes#v0-68 | |
271 | ||
272 | .. _0.67.11: ../release-notes#v0-67-11-dumpling | |
273 | .. _0.67.10: ../release-notes#v0-67-10-dumpling | |
274 | .. _0.67.9: ../release-notes#v0-67-9-dumpling | |
275 | .. _0.67.8: ../release-notes#v0-67-8-dumpling | |
276 | .. _0.67.7: ../release-notes#v0-67-7-dumpling | |
277 | .. _0.67.6: ../release-notes#v0-67-6-dumpling | |
278 | .. _0.67.5: ../release-notes#v0-67-5-dumpling | |
279 | .. _0.67.4: ../release-notes#v0-67-4-dumpling | |
280 | .. _0.67.3: ../release-notes#v0-67-3-dumpling | |
281 | .. _0.67.2: ../release-notes#v0-67-2-dumpling | |
282 | .. _0.67.1: ../release-notes#v0-67-1-dumpling | |
283 | .. _0.67: ../release-notes#v0-67-dumpling | |
284 | .. _Dumpling: ../release-notes#v0-67-dumpling | |
285 | ||
286 | Understanding the release cycle | |
287 | ------------------------------- | |
288 | ||
289 | The development release cycle is two to four weeks long. Each cycle | |
290 | freezes the master development branch and applies `integration and | |
291 | upgrade tests <https://github.com/ceph/ceph-qa-suite>`_ for the | |
292 | duration of one cycle before it is released and the next release's | |
293 | code is frozen for testing. Once released, there is no effort to | |
294 | backport fixes; developer focus in on the next development release | |
295 | which is usually only a few weeks away. | |
296 | ||
297 | There are three to four stable releases a year. Each stable release | |
298 | will receive a name (e.g., 'Jewel') and bug fix backports at least | |
299 | until the next stable release is out. | |
300 | ||
301 | Every other stable releases is a LTS (Long Term Stable) and will | |
302 | receive updates until two LTS are published. For instance Dumpling is | |
303 | retired when Hammer is published, Firefly is retired when Jewel is | |
304 | published etc. The rationale is that backports to a LTS (Firefly for | |
305 | instance) are expected to happen until the next LTS is published | |
306 | (Jewel is the LTS following Hammer), to fix bugs and possibly | |
307 | backport important features. After the next LTS is published, | |
308 | backports are still expected to fix bugs with a focus on whatever can | |
309 | prevent upgrades to the next LTS (in our example, fixes to Dumpling | |
310 | were published after Firefly was released and until Hammer was | |
311 | published, primarily to ensure Dumpling cluster can smoothly migrate | |
312 | to Firefly). | |
313 | ||
314 | * Long Term Stable : until the next two LTS are published | |
315 | * Stable release : until the next stable release is published | |
316 | * Development / testing release : no backports | |
317 | ||
318 | For each stable release: | |
319 | ||
320 | * `Integration and upgrade tests | |
321 | <https://github.com/ceph/ceph-qa-suite>`_ are run on a regular basis | |
322 | and `their results <http://pulpito.ceph.com/>`_ analyzed by Ceph | |
323 | developers. | |
324 | * `Issues <http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph/issues?query_id=27>`_ | |
325 | fixed in the development branch (master) are scheduled to be backported. | |
326 | * When an issue found in the stable release is `reported | |
327 | <http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph/issues/new>`_, it is | |
328 | triaged by Ceph developers. | |
329 | * The `stable releases and backport team <http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases>`_ | |
330 | publishes ``point releases`` including fixes that have been backported to the stable release. | |
331 | ||
332 | In the timeline, the life time of a LTS is calculated to be | |
333 | approximately 18 months after the month of the first release. For | |
334 | instance, Dumpling is published August 2013 and 18 months starting | |
335 | September 2013 is February 2015, therefore by March 2015 Dumpling | |
336 | should be retired. The lifetime of a release may vary because it | |
337 | depend on how quickly the stable releases are published. For instance | |
338 | although Dumpling theoritical retirement was March 2015, it was | |
339 | extended to May 2015. | |
340 | ||
341 | Release numbers conventions | |
342 | --------------------------- | |
343 | ||
344 | The first Ceph release back in Jan of 2008 was 0.1. That made sense at | |
345 | the time. The versioning scheme did not change until April 2015, | |
346 | when 0.94.1 (the first Hammer point release) was published. To avoid reaching | |
347 | 0.99 (and 0.100 or 1.00?) we have a new strategy. | |
348 | ||
349 | * x.0.z - development releases (for early testers and the brave at heart) | |
350 | * x.1.z - release candidates (for test clusters, brave users) | |
351 | * x.2.z - stable/bugfix releases (for users) | |
352 | ||
353 | ``x`` will start at 9 for Infernalis (``I`` is the 9th letter), making | |
354 | our first development release of the 9th release cycle 9.0.0. | |
355 | Subsequent development releases will be 9.0.1, 9.0.2, etc. | |
356 | ||
357 | After a couple months we'll have a 9.1.0 (and maybe 9.1.1) release candidate. | |
358 | ||
359 | A few weeks after that we'll have the Infernalis release 9.2.0, followed | |
360 | by stable bug fix updates 9.2.1, 9.2.2, etc., and then begin work on the | |
361 | Jewel (10.y.z) release. |