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This page summarizes the ongoing release planning for ns-3.11. Josh Pelkey <jpelkey@gatech.edu> will manage the release.

Proposed Release Schedule

1. January 5 -- ns-3.10 posted
2. January 5 -- ns-3.11 Open phase begins
3. March 18 -- Deadline for new feature merge
4. March 18 -- Begin the phase of small feature development and bug fixing
5. April 6 -- Small feature development and bug fixing ends
6. April 6 -- Open phase ends
7. April 6 -- Maintenance phase begins
8. May 15 -- Maintenance phase ends
9. May 15 -- Code freeze phase begins
10. May 15 -- ns-3.11-RC1
11. May 17 -- ns-3.11-RC2
12. May 19 -- ns-3.11-RC3
13. May 22 -- ns-3.11 posted
14. May 22 -- Code freeze phase ends
15. May 22 -- ns-3.12 Open phase begins

To Do List

For first release candidate

• Mitch Watrous is working on the following modular build-related items:
  • Update documentation: how to use the template module
  • Update documentation: how to create a new module
  • Update documentation: how to use the configuration (.ns3rc) file

• Documentation updates are planned:
  • Update project documentation for modular build changes (Mitch Watrous)
  • Split existing manual to a "developers manual" and a "model library" manual
  • Remove "testing" document; move pieces to developers manual and model library manual
  • Add python page to manual
  • Remove duplicate doxygen documentation
  • Create module template that can be easily cloned
  • Create datasheet for ns-3
  • Create cheatsheet(s) for ns-3
  • Write down duties of release manager somewhere

• Coding style update will be applied

• Move python examples to modular bindings

For final release

• Fix AODV Bug 1099 - AODV performance problems

• Other possible bugs:
  • TCP deadlock
  • int 64x64 overflow (needs confirmed)
  • 555 DCF (check also whether 1011 is invalid)
  • Bug 1047 (waiting for response from submitter)
  • Bugs 1054,1056,1058 (Tom H)
  • 1087 (MPI finalize?)
  • nsc on gcc-4.6.0 (1093)
  • rounding errors in mobility model (976)?

• Review/update tutorial and documentation
• Release new website

ns-3.11 Features Merged

• modular build
• ns-3 click
• ns-3 openflow

Bugs fixed for ns-3.11

• bug 445 -- Is the class name Scalar in nstime.h appropriate?
• bug 699 -- TestCase::DoRun probably should not return a bool
• bug 1017 -- node --> internet-stack --> node
• bug 1018 -- mobility --> helper --> mobility circular dependency
• bug 1019 -- common --> node --> common circular dependency
• bug 1038 -- Time::Get*Seconds () return signed integer while actually returning unsigned.
• bug 1040 -- Olsr and multiple interfaces
• bug 1044 -- Seconds (1e-9) creates Time that is not IsPositive ()
• bug 1048 -- suggested MatrixPropagationLossModel::SetLoss() API change
• bug 1049 -- Issues with OLSR HNA messages sent by multiple gateways
• bug 1052 -- olsr::RoutingProtocol::LinkTupleUpdated incorrect detection of asymetric link with multiple interface nodes
• bug 1060 -- Setting NqStaWifiMac Active Probing true, crashes simulation
• bug 1061 -- Title level inconsistent in click.rst
• bug 1062 -- rescale-pdf not working
• bug 1064 -- Correct Friis propagation loss equation in spectrum module
• bug 1066 -- Set Radiotap modulation type flags correctly
• bug 1069 -- ApWifiMac unduly calls RegularWifiMac::Receive and crashes
• bug 1070 -- csma/ipv6 examples duplicate NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE
• bug 1075 -- Python examples fail when static built is enabled
• bug 1076 -- Waf gives an error if you enable only a single module
• bug 1078 -- PacketTagList::Add performs NS_ASSERT counting one byte too few
• bug 1079 -- MPI code doesn't compile
• bug 1081 -- wutils.py refers to the old directory for visualizer module
• bug 1083 -- scratch doesn't work when only some modules are enabled
• bug 1085 -- Build failed: list index out of range
• bug 1086 -- sanity check for not calling Object::Dispose () twice
• bug 1088 -- Code in scratch directory assumes all modules are enabled
• bug 1089 -- lwip build issue
• bug 1090 -- WifiMacQueue is not accessible through the attribute path
• bug 1092 -- Problem building FreeBSD stack with g++ 4.5.2 (Ubuntu)
• bug 1098 -- when to show users which modules are enabled?
• bug 1105 -- Move topology helpers into separate per-device modules
• bug 1106 -- Remove "CanvasLocation" dependencies in p2p helpers
• bug 1108 -- test.py -e option needs repair
• bug 1110 -- Sort alphabetically and display "Modules built" in columns
• bug 1117 -- bindings failures on selected platforms