Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 3/12/2020

[oulijun <oulijun@huawei.com>]

在 2020/12/3 19:51, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
> 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
> 
Hi， Ferruh Yigit
   We plan to send the roadmap, but we're not sure what it requires? Is 
it per vendor or per PMD vendor? What should he contain?

Thanks
Lijun Ou
> 
> 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 <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.
> .
>