R5 El Alto Release
EUAG recommendation is that R5 El Alto be a "maintenance/technical debt" release.
https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/EUAG+2019-04-09+meeting+minutes
The El Alto release could be shortened and focus on internal (tech) debt and defect backlogs.
A proposed release cycle is presented.
PTLs had taken short cuts to meet deadlines, working but want to make the platform more robust. PTL driven code fixes and code hardening.
S/W Enhancements (e.g. GUI enhancements) would be pushed to R6. Feature enhancements would be pushed to R6
R5 will be focused on Refactoring, JIRA backlog reduction, vulnerability issues, Test Coverage, Test Automation (CI/CD pipeline), Deployment procedure, Documentation.
R5 - Security Scans, scan code reports sent to PTL for major things to fix. Vulnerabilities have been built. Vulnerability management process. Security gates checklist.
SUMMARY: what this means for the 5G U/C S/C ... in R5 there's no new content being introduced, no new Use Cases. Thus, nothing in any of our 5G U/Cs would be worked, but rather pushed to R6 Frankfurt.
R6 GENERAL PNF USE CASES OVERVIEW:
| TITLE | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY | WIKI |
| PNF PRE-ONBOARDING & ONBOARDING Use Case | PNF Package delivery, Pre-onboarding and PNF Onboarding via SDC. In R5 El Alto focus will be on enhancements to the base functionality from R4 Dublin. | PNF Support Discovery | PNF PREONBOARDING / ONBOARDING in R5 |
| CONFIGURATION WITH NETCONF | Enhancement to NETCONF support in ONAP supporting 5G and other use cases. Protocol is generic driven from RFC and the PNF does not assume any type of PNF. | PNF Support Communications 5G FCAPS | CONFIGURATION WITH NETCONF in R5 |
| PNF PLUG AND PLAY | PNF Plug and Play support for PNF discovery, Dublin Carry-over items, support by PRH (PNF Registration Handler) | PNF Support (Carry Over) Discovery | PNF PLUG and PLAY in R5 |
| PNF S/W UPGRADE | PNF Software Upgrade to update the software on a PNF, Dublin Carry-over items. Goal 1: PNF S/W Upgrade Netconf support (PNF Generic) Goal 2: 3GPP southbound based interfaces (controller to xNF or External Controller). An example API using 3GPP interfaces. (5G Specific) | PNF Support 5G FCAPS | PNF SOFTWARE UPGRADE in R5 |