Release status meeting minutes 2024-11-14
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* ARM
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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The following are the current/updated working dates for 24.11:

- Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 7 September 2024
- API freeze (-rc1): 19 October 2024
- PMD features freeze (-rc2): 12 November 2024
- Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): targeted for 19 November 2024
- Release: targeted for 29 November 2024

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


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * Napatech driver merged.
  * Realtec driver merged.

* next-net-intel
  * Some fixes to merge in RC3.

* next-net-mlx
  * Some patches merged/planned for RC3.

* next-net-mvl
  * Some bug fixes to merge in RC3. ~8 patches.

* next-eventdev
  * 2 bug fixes to merge in RC3.

* next-baseband
  * Ready for RC3/release.

* next-virtio
  * Ready for RC3/release.

* next-crypto
  * 3-4 fix patches to merge.
  * ZTE driver deferred to next release.

* next-dts
  * Pydantic series merged.

* main
  * RC2 release on 12 November
  * Added improved announcement support.
  * Added Coverity fixes.
  * Merging Broadcom branch.
  * Merging DTS.
  * RC3 targeted for 19 November 2024
  * RC4 targeted for 26 November 2024
  * Release targeted for 29 November 2024



**Note**:
We will look to move this meeting to a US friendly time slot at
the start of November.


LTS
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Status of the current LTSes

* 23.11.3 - In progress.
* 22.11.7 - In progress.
* 21.11.9 - In progress.

* 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.
* 19.11.15 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.


* Distros
  * Debian 12 contains DPDK v22.11
  * Ubuntu 24.04 contains DPDK v23.11
  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains DPDK v22.11
  * RHEL 8/9 contains DPDK 23.11

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



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 DST 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.