DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-04-06

DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-04-06

[Mcnamara, John]

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Release status meeting minutes 2023-04-06
=========================================

Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* ARM
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell NO
* Nvidia
* Red Hat


Release Dates
-------------

The following are the proposed current dates for 23.07:

* V1:      22 April 2023
* RC1:     31   May 2023
* RC2:     21  June 2023
* RC3:     28  June 2023
* Release: 12  July 2023


Subtrees
--------

* next-net
  * No new PMDs in this release (so far).

* next-net-intel
  * No update

* next-net-mlx
  * No update

* next-net-mvl
  * No update

* next-eventdev
  * No update

* next-baseband
  * No major features so far.

* next-virtio
  * New series on guest notifications in slow path
  * VDUSE - Vhost VDPA in userspace. https://lwn.net/Articles/841054/

* next-crypto
  * Patches to add new algorithms
  * Updates to PDCP
  * Patches for asymmetric crypto
  * rte_security patch for out of place inline IPsec

* main
  * A lot of patches to improve the Windows port
  * New version of lock annotation support
  * Patches from ARM for PMU
    * Postponed from last release
    * For tracing
  * Power Management feature from AMD
  * Memarea feature
  * CDX bus patches from AMD
    * Virtual PCI like bus

  * Call for updates to the external Roadmap:
    https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/

* Retrospective:
  * Bonding PMD: there is a gap in maintenance.



Proposed Schedule for 2023
--------------------------

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

23.07
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 22 April 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 31 May 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 21 June 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 28 June 2023
  * Release: 12 July 2023

23.11
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 29 September 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023
  * Release: 15 November 2023


LTS
---

Next LTS releases will be:

* 22.11.1
* 21.11.4
  * RC1 testing underway
* 20.11.8
  * RC1 sent and first test report received
* 19.11.15
  * CVE and critical fixes only.


* Distros
  * v20.11 in Debian 11
  * Ubuntu 22.04 contains 21.11

Defects
-------

* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/


Opens
-----

* None


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 every Thursday at 9:30 UTC over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just
send an email to "John McNamara john.mcnamara@intel.com" for the invite.



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DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-04-06

[Mcnamara, John]

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Release status meeting minutes 2023-04-06
=========================================

Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* ARM
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat


Release Dates
-------------

The following are the proposed current dates for 23.07:

* V1:      22 April 2023
* RC1:     31   May 2023
* RC2:     21  June 2023
* RC3:     28  June 2023
* Release: 12  July 2023


Subtrees
--------

* next-net
  * Deferred patches moved to new.

* next-net-intel
  * No update

* next-net-mlx
  * No update

* next-net-mvl
  * Some work ongoing for this release.

* next-eventdev
  * A few minor feature

* next-baseband
  * No major features so far.

* next-virtio
  * New series on guest notifications in slow path
  * VDU - Vhost VDPA in userspace. https://lwn.net/Articles/841054/

* next-crypto
  * Updates to PDCP
  * Patches for asymmetric crypto
  * Rte_security patch for out of place inline IPsec

* main
  * A lot of patches to improve the Windows port
  * New version of lock annotation support
  * Patches from ARM for PMU
  * Memarea feature
  * CDX bus patches from AMD

  * Call for updates to the external Roadmap:
    https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/

* Retrospective:
  * Bonding PMD: there is a gap in maintenance.



Proposed Schedule for 2023
--------------------------

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

23.07
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 22 April 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 31 May 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 21 June 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 28 June 2023
  * Release: 12 July 2023

23.11
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 29 September 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023
  * Release: 15 November 2023


LTS
---

Next LTS releases will be:

* 22.11.1
* 21.11.4
  * On track for RC1
* 20.11.8
  * RC1 sent and first test report received
* 19.11.15
  * CVE and critical fixes only.


* Distros
  * v20.11 in Debian 11
  * Ubuntu 22.04 contains 21.11

Defects
-------

* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/


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 every Thursday at 9:30 UTC over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just
send an email to "John McNamara john.mcnamara@intel.com" for the invite.


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