====== Arno RC schedule ======

===== Release Target =====
Arno, the OPNFV inaugural release, intends to be available on the 23rd of April 2015.  In order to ensure the release is complete and of sufficient quality a set of release candidate activities have been planned to ensure iterative review and improvement of Arno, tools and documentation during the final month of development.

===== Release Candidate plan =====


==== Mar/26 - System state defined====

  * Target system state fully defined and frozen (https://wiki.opnfv.org/get_started/get_started_system_state and https://wiki.opnfv.org/pharos/pharos_specification)
  * Common components (puppet manifests) for  "OPNFV-INSTALLATION and MAINTENANCE" phase available in "common" directory (and below) of the genesis repository

==== Apr/2 (RC0) - Release image readiness ====

  * Code complete (common components frozen, all functionality in place - "OPNFV-INSTALLATION and MAINTENANCE" phase)
  * Scripts for automatic build of a bootable disk ISO image  \\ (bootable disk ISO image is installed to the "jumphost"; from there, the installation of the other nodes of the system is driven)

==== Apr/9 (RC1) - Arno deploy run #1 ====

  * Automatic build and install on LF hardware PODs 
  * Tempest and Robot test frameworks available on LF hardware  

==== Apr/16 (RC2) - Arno deploy run #2 ====

  * Automatic testing on LF hardware fully functional (FuncTest supplied tests; test infra (tempest, robot) setup independently from installer)

==== Apr/21 - Arno release artifact creation ====
 
  * final release cut

==== Apr/22 - Release artifact validation  ====

  * Release package available (tested and verified)
    * bootable disk image(s) (ISO) (BGS supplied)
    * Documentation (user guide - describing key functionality supplied, installation procedure, target system state - BGS supplied)
    * Documentation (test scenarios that release complies with - FuncTest supplied)
    * Documentation (hardware guide - Pharos supplied)

==== Apr/23 - Arno Release ====
 
    * official release