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* Self-Delimiting Numeric Values (https://codereview.appspot.com/97540043/) | * Self-Delimiting Numeric Values (https://codereview.appspot.com/97540043/) | ||
** '''Update:''' Slipping to [[ns-3.22]] | |||
** '''Update:''' | |||
* TCP options code from [[SOCIS2014TCP | SOCIS TCP project]] (including window scale and timestamps) | * TCP options code from [[SOCIS2014TCP | SOCIS TCP project]] (including window scale and timestamps) | ||
** Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/110860043/ | ** Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/110860043/ | ||
** <s>'''Update:''' A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-tcp-options-for-merge) is staged for final review; a few minor issues are being worked out for Friday</s> Merged | ** <s>'''Update:''' A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-tcp-options-for-merge) is staged for final review; a few minor issues are being worked out for Friday</s> Merged | ||
** RttEstimator improvements will slip until ns-3.22 | ** RttEstimator improvements will slip until [[ns-3.22]] | ||
* (enhancement) Add propagation delay capability to SimpleChannel (for testing purposes) | * (enhancement) Add propagation delay capability to SimpleChannel (for testing purposes) | ||
** code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/132870043/ | ** <s>code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/132870043/</s> Merged | ||
* CoDel queue support (from [[GSOC2014Bufferbloat | GSoC bufferbloat project]]) | * CoDel queue support (from [[GSOC2014Bufferbloat | GSoC bufferbloat project]]) | ||
** <s>'''Update:''' A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-codel-for-merge) is staged for final review</s> Merged | ** <s>'''Update:''' A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-codel-for-merge) is staged for final review</s> Merged | ||
** FQ-CoDel and SFQ-CoDel will slip until ns-3.22 | ** FQ-CoDel and SFQ-CoDel will slip until [[ns-3.22]] | ||
* Energy harvesting model | * Energy harvesting model | ||
** Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/103750047/ | ** Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/103750047/ | ||
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** <s>'''Update:''' Stefano has created a final patch (emailed offlist), ready for merge with Cristiano's energy harvesting patch</s> Merged | ** <s>'''Update:''' Stefano has created a final patch (emailed offlist), ready for merge with Cristiano's energy harvesting patch</s> Merged | ||
* [https://codereview.appspot.com/14549044/ MPDU aggregation] | * [https://codereview.appspot.com/14549044/ MPDU aggregation] | ||
** Will slip to | ** Will slip to [[ns-3.22]] | ||
* [https://codereview.appspot.com/103470050/ new VANET example] | * [https://codereview.appspot.com/103470050/ new VANET example] | ||
** '''Update:''' | ** '''Update:''' Not yet ready for merge, may slip to [[ns-3.22]] | ||
== Software maintenance issues == | == Software maintenance issues == |
Revision as of 17:46, 8 September 2014
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This page summarizes the release planning for ns-3.21. The ns-3 release process is listed here and here.
The release manager is Tom Henderson.
Release schedule
ns-3.21 is planned for September 17, 2014. New feature code should be ready for merge by no later than 5 September. An initial release candidate should be available by 10 September.
Packaging
ns-3.21 will be packaged as a source tarball as before: ns-allinone-3.21.tar.bz2.
The tarball will contain:
- Latest version of pybindgen
- Latest version of netanim
- ns-3.21
- bake
where bake is used to fetch optional ns-3 components, including DCE.
A patch from ns-3.20 to ns-3.21 will also be posted.
Release platforms
We usually try to keep pace with the latest popular versions of Linux, OS X, and FreeBSD. For the ns-3.21 release, we plan to support the following systems and compilers:
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks with Xcode 5.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 (gcc-4.8)
- Fedora 20 (gcc-4.8)
- Debian 7 (gcc-4.9)
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (gcc-4.4)
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (gcc-4.6)
- Centos 6.4 (gcc-4.4)
- FreeBSD 9.3 (clang 3.3)
New features
Pending new features:
- Self-Delimiting Numeric Values (https://codereview.appspot.com/97540043/)
- Update: Slipping to ns-3.22
- TCP options code from SOCIS TCP project (including window scale and timestamps)
- Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/110860043/
Update: A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-tcp-options-for-merge) is staged for final review; a few minor issues are being worked out for FridayMerged- RttEstimator improvements will slip until ns-3.22
- (enhancement) Add propagation delay capability to SimpleChannel (for testing purposes)
code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/132870043/Merged
- CoDel queue support (from GSoC bufferbloat project)
Update: A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-codel-for-merge) is staged for final reviewMerged- FQ-CoDel and SFQ-CoDel will slip until ns-3.22
- Energy harvesting model
- Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/103750047/
Update: Cristiano has updated this and it appears ready for mergingMerged
- LTE FFR models from GSoC project
- Code review issue: https://codereview.appspot.com/130130043/
Update: Piotr has created a staging repo for final merge: http://code.nsnam.org/pgawlowicz/ns-3-dev/Merged
WiFi-related:
- Wifi Sleep mode
Update: Stefano has created a final patch (emailed offlist), ready for merge with Cristiano's energy harvesting patchMerged
- MPDU aggregation
- Will slip to ns-3.22
- new VANET example
- Update: Not yet ready for merge, may slip to ns-3.22
Software maintenance issues
- Remove emu module from codebase
- Mesh test crashes for certain configurations
- Time arithmetic consistency
- Wstrict-overflow and gcc-4.9
Bugs or issues in ns-3 core
TBD
Bugs in models to fix
TBD
Documentation improvements
Others TBD.