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X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: QLYjCAPqu5ER28vofUSht_cNSCdYBqnCLnMvj3SkAbk_1761755465 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Hi All, tl;dr we are looking for a new LTS maintainer. We have 3 maintained LTS releases and a maintainer responsible for each one as listed at https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#stable . Xueming has done a great job maintaining 23.11 LTS up to now but is stepping down as maintainer due to changing work priorities, so we are looking for a new LTS maintainer to take over 23.11 for it's final year and a bit. The main items the role involves: - Getting a list of fixes from main branch that should be backported to the LTS branch around time of a new DPDK release - Backporting the fixes to the LTS branch - Resolving any trivial conflicts (and complex ones if you want) - Notifying authors of fixes that could not be backported and require their assistance - Notifying authors of fixes that are queued to merge - Ensuring that CI's are kept green - Creating release candidates for the validation teams - Working with validation teams and authors to get a resolution for any issues that are found during testing - Writing up release notes etc. and releasing We have many scripts and tricks to help semi-automate the steps above. Luca and I will continue as LTS maintainers so we'll be available to help someone ramp up and only a ping away for any issues. If anyone is interested please send me a private email reply by Nov 7th and we'll propose candidates to the techboard. thanks, Kevin and Luca.