Mininet 2.1.0 Remaining Tasks

• Create S3 folder/repository for VMs (done)
• test debuild
• Try to create a build server VM (or at least an NFS server for local builds) (BL)
• Automate examples/ testing as much as possible (BOC)
• Pre-announce on mininet-discuss for additional testing and feedback
• Final pass (proofreading, verification, and editing) on text files (README, INSTALL, etc.)
• Verify that Walkthrough works with 2.1.0
• Update Mininet 2.1.0 Release Notes
• Update api.mininet.org
• Verify that 2.1.0rc1 works in Ubuntu Beta
• Run automated tests again on all targets, and tag rc2 if they pass
• Remaining manual tests
  • Verify that consoles.py and miniedit.py work in VMs
  • Verify that x11 command line option and xterm CLI command works in VMs
• Update VM build instructions
• Investigate test failures on vbox
  • testLinearBandwidth (test_linearbandwidth.testLinearBandwidth)
  • testTopo (test_simpleperf.testSimplePerf)
• Determine upload service (e.g. bitbucket, sourceforge) and upload vm images
• Update Download/Installation instructions for 2.1.0
• Synchronize debian packaging w/launchpad (BL)
• Tag 2.1.0 final before Ubuntu Final Beta Freeze (Sep. 19th) (BL)
• Announce on mininet.org blog and on mininet-discuss (BL)

Deferred to post 2.1.0:

• Fix ovf file so that
  • virtualbox doesn't give some unknown error about missing hardware
  • the os is specified as ubuntu-$arch
• Automate VM upload from build script (BL - add function to script)
• More (quick, high-leverage) unit tests for make test