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From: Kevin Traynor To: "dev@dpdk.org" References: <356e655f-582d-4f67-8a36-c6284ec7c2d5@redhat.com> Cc: Shani Peretz , Luca Boccassi Autocrypt: addr=ktraynor@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBF2J2awBEADUEPNhgNI+nJNgiTAUcw4YIgVXEoHlsNPyyzG1BEXkWXALy0Y3fNTiw6+r ltWDkF9jzL9kfkecgQ67itGfk1OaBXgSGKuw1PUpxAwX2Bi76LAR6M5OsyGM9TSVVQwARalz hMwRBIZPzPc7or6Pw7jAOJ8SQGJ1Zlp1YJCjrvpe87V1tH/LY8Wnxn/EuoseFmWILAQZAtYS tGjcrAgYn3SPMLR1B0BP5bTBY06vWQjiufH8drenfDnMJAzuBdG1mqjnTqCjULZ3Hunv4xqZ aMnkvL/K5Tj1c12Oe4930EE53LrXIBUltRg5mBudSWHnC7twjH0082HH9f963Z/2UI63SFIT iUvRvAzJYytgy7XnWLQ0+goZBADKYfolOuC0H8VgCaux8u8KFF28Dy+N6TV2KI58jTlyg1Zu l7QwykZpnOkJFiy37Gfbu3YEOzO72cP/S7/A+zvuqkxi63jyEkd+FY99vLt/HN2MUZwRmKDw UPbLkmrs8WU01/POVsqDcfvz7vu2St8hqqTiSIdQGS2zyTKB2/DvPSM3jws3udkIYSuhn+X4 QBiV6lkVZ7DSE6a065gnAauAql+b32Eymy+xnG5jCt1tR+0Cp2VZYCR9OU2gmomUKBDoX/He pSgED01CqYPNjN+TddirwmQX7ep4DtXc8FWvv2g/pq9WZFQk2QARAQABzSNLZXZpbiBUcmF5 bm9yIDxrdHJheW5vckByZWRoYXQuY29tPsLBjgQTAQgAOBYhBAoiOaH51tHF7VYtEI9CINER a+yJBQJdidmsAhsDBQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEI9CINERa+yJoxIP/3VF 2TIgW4ckxhRFCvFu/606bnvCPie88ake4uWVWMAWwcMc4fKEltRWRCpkSVOwgqoMHnyHxK5r kOKzx2CLJMX5TgTMfKzPuaBDHngHLUzl2DStpBzrod0cVg5TShdmmfjY61uxRJKz+DlSkwgJ riADdVF5PPosQXTkKSGf2ombpTGpx/pue9ocjnr3x4SDpRLlnooM6Jf/3Y3Ib4jX6HPEyWuY b+owIIk9y2nRRGPQ6jbqAhsrXd9V+77UL0QuGWloMuKMZFbNg8hbu7X5aFijAbfxj4YUgojS ba7gfGZQan8h32A9KGQWrmsCBc3j2GqEPsX0r05X7cn7WL6IOPgQJ5EiQ7PlazQYVLrvZg9B n0GKK0k6895mLG0ZZ5v/qajOPF52etSmvFD1WUPb4OqaHqGA9ZtMpaKFRt7Y6rpXqKNU1xzW F5KjbTPtTb9WF3An8dciVv+AYUI7totkZYkWvQtgss8lfaX3NKUvXLVxqK0z3dQyr7rF/tYz PneTKypSksjCgaEBLSrsRmM5zKfe7tSNF/fDntfIq/029Jtcw29TcWEP57peNu6TtejewQD9 sTI+oqiXvW2D5l7LNUDYG8eMJp2oT7I0ZSBRvwcbmjH0DtN/bXCCFfCvk8Yic68F3tV1ctix wQARVKDBhT30uCxycRWojCYqTgNJJS71zsFNBF2J2awBEADP57PR2IpSYBeNSrsAjeIcsahE N4SQP2C4s50S8QEWAUhqMRI7WNv5cfeef0nDvcl1IUA6oz5SokbcsbMa+mRgaNF4N5KikWTO LPYxq2YVJoXwJ+tKmNzyOLFUIfFJ4NBJZple5dTfWzD00Dbb19Mri1hy1mWMqNTPGBee1+hw Qcp6n3mmGECvajs8G5A7NyXbwL8ihN7HX9D01ucD62b4G03yKe2g/hvKgcdUVmhCldJlF27I 2fSR9tDxH9pZqRODY4rjbFZEey/vWKXqjE+DQ8AtMSEaDfFe5D+i4Aw6erWQ3Wr+DwZt1/7G dIAElGA/q90T1ENVwJX9y7fsQssawKYYdDqURHCl5JuDXI+VXUypExipUUT5SPycMmbLsx0D iKEqPPDQWKxkIDVKqj2+EhamSuJznZUwBLJKn0h4zrIWiXWUy07lRwtVuhaDXhF3GfW+5W/x wAg7Qg3w00ASsb/XTHBIhMnenKDfS7ihtQA8SacwX8ySdxb+15XPyiplM979qBQ0mhnilulm MIJzEf/JxoYR5huuj4f1PFqqrsP06Dl+YGB7dQZp3IKggS5c3/TAynARRg9N89UsDXNtp7X0 tgIPFF5k6fnHE0J5O64GYHeTqN/1aE6dAEOV9WrGzQAJxU9ipikb8jKAWXzLewRIKGmoPcRZ WdB0NmIjmQARAQABwsF2BBgBCAAgFiEECiI5ofnW0cXtVi0Qj0Ig0RFr7IkFAl2J2awCGwwA CgkQj0Ig0RFr7IkkORAAl/NbX93WK5MEoRw7/DaPTo/Lo6Pj1XMeSqGyACigHK/452UDvlEH NjNJMzYYrNIjMtEmN9VVCfjT38CSca7mpGQVwchc0mC7QSPAETLCS+UacVf/Kwxz5FfkEUUw UT7A+uyVOIgW3d9ldlRzkHA2czonSSgTQU+i2g6DM4ha+BuQb4byAXH6HQHt/Zh1J64z0ohH v6iGsCzCY/sMWF8+LEGSnzMGRCLiiwSF0vJBHbzWK68fANaF4gBV0Z/+6tQRFN7YMhj/INmk qgvHj1ZzHFNtirjMGPRxoZs51YoLQM/aBPxKrnmXThx1ufH+0L6sGmFTugiDt0XSEkC5reH7 a+VhQ1VTFFQrClA8NmDSPzFeuhru4ryaaDHO+uEB16cNHxHrQtlP/2hts2JM5lwkZRWJ5A57 h8eDEIK5be47T85NVHfuTaboNRmgg1HygVejhGUtt69u/0MVRg/roUTa0FyEbNsvz4qAecyW yWzMcVrcGJDQLC9JLKEpoyUF6gdTKaiDL2Vao4+XRIA3Y57b6MO35a3HuzAv7+i5Z0mnDEJO XxXqTOmKYpMIGexzM/PtuA0712sT1abG9tAJ17ao/B7cqMW5IkKkalemFbWfI2unns4Papvo tk9igVqyp6EJDU98z5TJioCVojwK2laDaoIjTJk9YYv3iwCsqPd5feU= In-Reply-To: <356e655f-582d-4f67-8a36-c6284ec7c2d5@redhat.com> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: niCRWHYi0APKsLrfvtWHbBC1PPIRGAOvtwKqA5v1Zuw_1765363335 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 On 29/10/2025 16:30, Kevin Traynor wrote: > Hi All, > > tl;dr we are looking for a new LTS maintainer. > A big thank you to Shani Peretz of Nvidia who volunteered and was unanimously approved as the new LTS maintainer for 23.11 at the 12th November techboard meeting. > 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.