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 6F207A0093; Thu, 21 May 2020 07:47:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FED21D638; Thu, 21 May 2020 07:47:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f49.google.com (mail-ot1-f49.google.com [209.85.210.49]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A971D634 for ; Thu, 21 May 2020 07:47:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f49.google.com with SMTP id f18so4603917otq.11 for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 22:47:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=broadcom.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=We2qXegUbV+3tfv8x70PbkGjUjTSf4BoAdBbaIgMB7o=; b=Nk8CUl0VyFqyGUP3cMpkXdVXsWmz/cs26rq1WXj177ZVxOIeE1rn4MOGeXck4HOwTP hnKHXnnMaz/5XB+5Ccdj3EpifejyOZfJp35gVPHh6w5DO7ru3uimCH+xwCTBXR+7LyFs QMenrUiicfeYijA/b33cEeew5smA8kZ8d7bnA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=We2qXegUbV+3tfv8x70PbkGjUjTSf4BoAdBbaIgMB7o=; b=IK7yQ83rL3fyiNK+WfOrcyQeAVS4daa1Aoo3i2jjRqWb8Wf7niUVV31AYpQs4jbxEh O6FJqEr0W1TVNQH5Ff4I/poh/opNi0JKwotBSUGK11RnhtUQYfhEUE60jjFnWviZMprF 48quPDv9OfUMe29Tuz/cKvMQPG0f3nIMG2SXmDrOqz67JcKkby4hcDTpU+4G5NcZenjU 3wD7gBWt2yWHKxWTRfOSY6tB5huvXHQtgKD+cQg/TF63lx7OJf5Wxy3Vrp/Oiu1NPbQS TN67VFZe1Dr8nONUpWThcp4Pklj6IFFeHBrVaQtw0H1ptEdGtluwiZfckRTVgAyyz+rZ 0eHg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531T3X0tCi0DT8FUlh7FfWCs6O0RBM8Ci+FMOvlYc0Qm/8XBYbCj E9XEe8C6ROVi1DcVnCeV95z2J2B4XiI//Fx8d0tIww== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy8jCTjUC3oFiMhJvjHS89g4R54pXb5UMLaNJs7p63Xf716+nC9Zqy7zJfl6VhiUOkQHjInYV8rwZ/VbHcYwN8= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:10b:: with SMTP id 11mr5447962otu.95.1590040051720; Wed, 20 May 2020 22:47:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2980eb50-124c-9da8-9927-0678081b652b@intel.com> <2215007.3c9HiEOlIg@thomas> In-Reply-To: <2215007.3c9HiEOlIg@thomas> From: Ajit Khaparde Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 22:47:15 -0700 Message-ID: To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: dpdk-dev , Ferruh Yigit , "Mcnamara, John" , "O'Hare, Cathal" , Asaf Penso , Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran , hemant.agrawal@oss.nxp.com, Honnappa Nagarahalli , David Marchand , Andrew Rybchenko Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 14/05/2020 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" On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 9:14 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > Hi, > > Please let's discuss the dates for the next release cycle. > > > * v20.08 proposal dates, please comment: > > * Proposal/V1: Tuesday, 16 June 2020 > > * Integration/Merge/RC1: Tuesday, 14 July 2020 > > * Release: Friday, 7 August 2020 > > I prefer a target at the very beginning of the month, > it is an insurance against disaster, > and it may allow a quiet August month for the maintainers. > > Another issue is the delay between -rc1 and final release. > The above proposal has only 24 days -rc phase. > Based on records, we need 30 days for a proper -rc phase. > > Taking above requirements into consideration, > I propose having a proposal deadline earlier by 8 days: > > - Proposal deadline: Monday, 8 June 2020 > - Integration deadline: Tuesday, 30 June 2020 > - 20.08-rc1: Friday, 3 July 2020 > - 20.08-rc2: Friday, 17 July 2020 > - 20.08-rc3: Friday, 24 July 2020 > - 20.08-rc4: Friday, 31 July 2020 > - Release: Monday, 3 August 2020 > Personally I think the original proposal deadline and release plan was good. But this is a valid argument to give sufficient days for the rc phase. Also the release of 20.08 early in August can also give a big enough window for the 20.11 release. So +1 for the new schedule.