Release status meeting minutes 2022-06-30

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Agenda:

* Release Dates

* Subtrees

* Roadmaps

* LTS

* Defects

* Opens

 

Participants:

* ARM

* Debian/Microsoft

* Intel

* Marvell

* Nvidia

* Red Hat

* Xilinx/AMD

 

 

Release Dates

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The following are the proposed current dates for 22.07:

 

* V1 deadline: 10 April 2022

* RC1:          8 June  2022

* RC2:         23 June  2022

* RC3:          4 July  2022 - was 30 June 2022

* RC4:          8 July  2022

* Release:     13 July  2022

 

Updated dates are posted shortly after they are changed at:

http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

 

Here are some provisional dates for 22.11:

 

* V1 deadline: 14 August   2022

* RC1:          3 October  2022

* RC2:         23 June     2022

* RC3:         31 October  2022

* Release:     16 November 2022

 

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * RC2 released

  * Prepping for RC3

  * Patch for MTU in PCAP Driver - needs reviews

 

* next-net-intel

  * Get update

  4 patches waiting for upstream

  * Looking at fix for GCC12 issue in ice driver

 

* next-net-mlx

  * 2 small patches for private testpmd

 

* next-net-brcm

  * No update

 

* next-net-mrvl

  * Mainly complete after RC2

 

* next-eventdev

  * Some fixes from Intel

 

* next-virtio

  * Some reviews to do

  * Prepping a PR for RC3 around docs and fixes

 

* next-crypto

  * Most patches merged in RC2

  * Looking at docs and fixes

 

* main

  * Merged last fixes for GCC 12

    * Still some issues with cross compilation

  * Merged NULL pointer/checks patches

  * Series for memory leaks needs some rework

  * Sent first RFC on rte_bus

  * Please send **and** review deprecation notices:

    https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=&q=deprecat

 

Other

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* DPDK Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/dpdk-userspace-summit/

* Call for papers: https://linuxfoundation.smapply.io/prog/dpdk_userspace_summit_2022/

 

    Dates to Remember:

 

    CFP Opens: Monday, June 27 at 12:00 am PDT

    CFP Closes: Friday, July 22 at 11:59 PM PDT

    Speaker Notifications: August 1

    Schedule Announcement: Week of August 1

    Presentation Slide Due Date: Tuesday, August 30

    Event Dates: Tuesday, September 6 - Thursday, September 8, 2022

 

 

LTS

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* 21.11.2

  * Back porting in progress

  * 21.11.1 released April 26th

 

* 20.11.6

  * Backporting waiting for RC2

  * 20.11.5 released April 4th

 

* 19.11.13

  * Backporting waiting for RC2

  * 19.11.12 released April 7th

 

 

* Distros

  * v20.11 in Debian 11

  * 22.04 will contain 21.11

 

Defects

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* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects

  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/

 

 

Opens

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* None

 

 

DPDK Release Status Meetings

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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 Thursday at 9:30 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.