From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A586A04B0; Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:52:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C26DC9C2; Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:52:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D938EC940 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:52:02 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: 30mujvC6g9aEsoUhQtOWiN1HXo/8wKz5LN90TtHDH8u7rGZXA3v/1wlmNYftds19WmhB+PCBU3 QCrghRLmYkDA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9823"; a="169674336" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,389,1599548400"; d="scan'208";a="169674336" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 03 Dec 2020 03:52:00 -0800 IronPort-SDR: 0Oq8WQCunNjJ68NVEcZkCT7lbFG8OWpzzhKhgQCp1ZeKoUNdzl7zrYeg/znYse5cibcxJ9sFhL OM+qeCjmPfKw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,389,1599548400"; d="scan'208";a="540101856" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.213.231.20]) ([10.213.231.20]) by fmsmga005-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 03 Dec 2020 03:51:59 -0800 From: Ferruh Yigit To: "dev@dpdk.org" Cc: Thomas Monjalon Message-ID: <02723af6-3712-fd78-334e-20c7f44f1a61@intel.com> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 11:51:56 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 3/12/2020 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Meeting minutes of 3 December 2020 ---------------------------------- Agenda: * Release Dates * 20.11 retrospective * LTS * OvS * Opens Participants: * Arm * Debian/Microsoft * Intel * Nvidia * NXP * Red Hat Release Dates ------------- * v20.11 is released on Friday, 27 November 2020 * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-November/193684.html * https://core.dpdk.org/download/ * https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.html * This was the biggest ever DPDK release, thanks to everyone who contributed. * v21.02 dates * Proposal/V1: Sunday, 20 December 2020 * -rc1: Friday, 15 January 2021 * Release: Friday, 5 February 2021 * Please send roadmaps, preferably before beginning of the release * Thanks to NTT for sending roadmap 20.11 retrospective ------------------- (I tried to summarize as best as I can, please free to correct/add when needed) * What went well * Managed to get out this very big release on time * Was more precise with dates * Expectations on features were more clear in this release * Good co-working between maintainers * Communication was better, project become more resilient * Akhil commented last minute stress was less * Major gcc distribution didn't cause disruption this time * LTS is doing good job overall * Thanks to Luca and Kevin for their work there * Things to improve * next-net is busy, %60+ of the commits coming from next-net, would be good to get more help, options to improve * Add a co-maintainer in that level * Andrew (backup maintainer) is great candidate if he can spare time He is already helping on reviews * He already covered during release when Ferruh is on holiday * Testpmd maintainership is not working fine, find maintainers for it * Should we add more vendor trees? * Huawei is contributing more, should it have a vendor sub-tree? * Huawei is being good citizen mostly * CI can be improved * Top level Thomas/David may felt the last minute stress more this time * Pachwork update by Jerin, to add reviewer column may help * This seems not exactly matching patchwork intention of using delegate field * Need to work on how to upstream this improvement * It is causing more problem when expectation is not clear from vendors * Security issues * They didn't work very well, the busy release is affecting it * Good thing is there is a well defined process, needs resource to execute * Can help to allocate separate resource for it * A technical project manager can do it, doesn't have to be developer LTS --- * v19.11.6-rc1 is out, please test * http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20201203093856.299103-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com/ * Target release date is 17 December * v18.11.10 work is going on * waiting for backports, request emails sent * -rc1 is planned before holidays OvS --- * Second version of patch to switch DPDK 20.11 is sent, please review Opens ----- * Asaf shared a draft release process documentation * It will be sent as documentation patch for community review, after initial review DPDK Release Status Meetings ============================ The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the status of the master tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track progress or milestone dates. The meeting occurs on every Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK If you wish to attend just send an email to "John McNamara " for the invite.