Release status meeting minutes 2022-06-16

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Agenda:

* Release Dates

* Subtrees

* Roadmaps

* LTS

* Defects

* Opens

Participants:

* ARM

* Intel

* Marvell

* Nvidia

* Red Hat

* Xilinx/AMD

Release Dates

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The following are the proposed current dates for 22.07:

* Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 10 April 2022

* API freeze (-rc1): 6 June 2022 - Actual 8 June

* PMD features freeze (-rc2): 23 June 2022 - Changed from 20 June

* Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 30 June 2022 - Changed from 27 June

* 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:

* Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 14 August 2022

* API freeze (-rc1): 3 October 2022

* PMD features freeze (-rc2): 24 October 2022

* Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 31 October 2022

* Release: 16 November 2022

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * RC1 complete

  * Some more Testpmd and driver patches for after RC1

* next-net-intel

  * 3 patches waiting for upstream

  * 1 patch waiting for ARM's feedback on performance numbers

* next-net-mlx

  * Merged 7 patches

  * 1 other patchset being prepared for RC2

  * Also some fixes

* next-net-brcm

  * No update

* next-net-mrvl

  * ~ 15 patches in queue for RC2

  * Will submit PR Friday 17 June

* next-eventdev

  * 2 patches from Intel for RC2

  * Will submit PR Friday 17 June

* next-virtio

  * A lot of patches ready and preparing for RC2 PR

  * Work continuing on:

    * Patches for vHost Aync

    * Checksum offload

  * Large patchset for MLX5 is pending

* next-crypto

  * Applied around 20 patches

  * 20 more remaining for RC2

  * Patches on ipsec gateway that need reviews

  * Patch for adding CMAC to OpenSSL

  * Patch for Windows enablement of test application

* main

  * Working on fixes to vHost Crypto and IPsec unit tests

  * Cleanup series for memory leaks and NULL pointers need reviews:

    * https://patchwork.dpdk.org/bundle/dmarchand/need_reviews/

    * Will be merged if there are no reviews

  * Header split patchset

    * Non-RFC version merged but not yet enabled for all drivers

  * GCC 12 fixes

    * Merged patches agreed by Stephen and some other maintainers

  * Note there is an issue where compilation of the CNXK drivers

    is consuming too much memory, and time in the link stage:

    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2022-June/244227.html

    * If anyone has any suggestions let us know

LTS

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Note, there is a proposal to merge security fixes to all 3 LTS branches

by August 28th.

* 21.11.2

  * Back porting ongoing

  * 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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