Anuket OpenStack Baseline Release Selection¶
This section specifies policies for the selection of the next Anuket OpenStack baseline release and the number of releases that the Anuket shall support:
criteria for the triggering of the next baseline selection
criteria to use in choosing the next OpenStack release, and
the number of OpenStack releases to be supported by Anuket specifications
The selection of a new OpenStack baseline release will be associated with a new Anuket release and a whole set of documents (RA1, RI1 and RC1) with new versions. Please note that while a new OpenStack release selection may only trigger updates to certain sections, all document releases will be complete and can be utilised on their own independent of previous releases.
Triggering Events for next release selection¶
This section specifies events that may trigger the selection of the next OpenStack release.
Complete change in architecture: OpenStack, OpenStack Service or major API change of an OpenStack RA-1 required service
New OpenStack features, services or projects workloads targeted for Anuket compliant cloud infrastructure
Major Security Fix (not fixed through a patch; OpenStack or OS) that affect APIs
Current Anuket OpenStack release entered “Extended Maintenance” phase approximately 18 months ago
OpenStack Release Selection Committee¶
On the occurrence of any of the triggering events, the TSC shall constitute an OpenStack Release Selection Committee composed of a maximum of 7 (seven) members representing both operators and vendors. These committee members shall be from active Anuket member organisations and meet the criteria specified for Active Community Members in the actual version of the Anuket Charter. The committee decisions shall be by consensus and no decision shall be made without at least 5 members agreeing. The committee may agree by unanimous agreement to adjust the OpenStack Release Selection Criteria.
OpenStack Release Selection Criteria¶
The OpenStack Release Selection Committee shall utilize the following criteria, and any other criteria that it unanimously agrees to, in selecting the next Anuket OpenStack baseline release:
The latest OpenStack release that was released approximately 6 months ago
The Committee may agree to relax or extend the 6 months period based on its knowledge of OpenStack releases
The OpenStack release should be supported by the OPNFV Installer (Airship)
Backward Compatibility: ensure API support
Consider OpenStack Distribution vendors and their extended support versions
Deprecation of Anuket OpenStack Releases¶
Anuket shall support no more than 2 (two) OpenStack releases at any given time. Thus, on selection of a new Anuket OpenStack baseline release, an existing Anuket OpenStack release may be deprecated. The selection of new release Anuket OpenStack release n, triggers the deprecation of the n-2 release. On the completion of the Reference Architecture for release n, the release n-2 will stand deprecated. Please note that reference to releases in this subsection is to Anuket’s OpenStack release where Pike is release 1.