Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 28/05/2020

["Iremonger, Bernard" <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>]

Hi Ferruh,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Ferruh Yigit
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 4:56 PM
> To: dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 28/05/2020
> 
> Minutes 28 May 2020
> -------------------
> 
> Agenda:
> * Release Dates
> * Zoom vs Skype
> * 20.05 retrospective
> * LTS
> 
> Participants:
> * Arm
> * Debian/Microsoft
> * Intel
> * Mellanox
> * NXP
> * Red Hat
> 
> 
> Release Dates
> -------------
> 
> * v20.05 is released on Tuesday 26 May
>   * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-May/168769.html
>   * https://core.dpdk.org/download/
>   * https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_20_05.html
> 
>   Thanks everyone who contributed.
> 
> * v20.08 dates:
>   * Proposal/V1:		Friday, 12 June 2020

Is the merge deadline Friday, 3 July?

>   * -rc1:			Wednesday, 8 July 2020
>   * -rc2:			Monday, 20 July 2020
>   * Release:			Tuesday, 4 August 2020
> 
>   * Red Hat & Mellanox already sent roadmap, all contributors please send
>     roadmap for the release.
> 
> 
> Zoom vs Skype
> -------------
> 
> * Linux foundation is providing zoom accounts and should we switch the
> meetings to the Zoom, as done in the regular CI meetings?
> 
>   * It seems Skype is not performing well on Linux
> 
>   * There can be some limitations using Zoom for some companies
> 
>   * jitsi can be an alternative
> 
>   * We will give it a try, @John & @Thomas will handle the details and will
>     communicate the change
> 
>     * In next a few meetings we will keep the Skype open to prevent
> confusions
> 
> 
> 20.05 retrospective
> -------------------
> 
> * We should do regular, weekly, merges from sub-trees.
> 
> * Latest gcc support
> 
>   * We should have CI support to test latest compiler versions early.
> 
>   * Travis ovsbuild has these tests, but we need script to report result
>     to patchwork.
> 
> * Getting patch late in the release is increasing the risk, what can be done?
> 
> * Should we be more strict on the dates, to prevent perception that future
>   dates will shift?
> 
> * Doc maintainership, this requires some unique skills and @John is doing
> good
>   job but we need additional maintainers to help him.
> 
> 
> LTS
> ---
> 
>   * v19.11.3-rc1 will be out next week, need to synchronize the validation
>     effort for it
> 
>   * v18.11.9-rc1 will have similar schedule
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just send
> an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.

Regards,

Bernard.