Release status meeting minutes 2024-03-21

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Agenda:

* Release Dates

* Subtrees

* Roadmaps

* LTS

* Defects

* Opens

Participants:

* AMD

* ARM

* Intel

* Marvell

* Nvidia

* Red Hat

Release Dates

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The following are the current/updated working dates for 24.03:

* V1:      29 December 2023

* RC1:     21 February 2024

* RC2:      8 March    2024

* RC3:     18 March    2024

* RC4:     22 March    2024

* Release: 27 March    2024

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

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * Some fixes merged.

  * Ready for Pull

* next-net-intel

  * 2 fix/doc patches.

* next-net-mlx

  * Series merged after RC3.

* next-net-mvl

  * No new changes post RC3.

* next-eventdev

  * No new changes post RC3.

* next-baseband

  * No new changes post RC3.

* next-virtio

  * No new changes post RC3.

* next-crypto

  * Some doc patches.

  * Patch for ipsecgw sample app to be postponed to

    next release due to risk of breakage in other PMDs.

* main

  * RH testing for RC3 - no major issues.

  * Looking at Windows patches for next release to

    make sure there aren't any API/ABI breaking changes.

  * Doc fixes and release notes.

  * Proposed 24.03 dates:

    * RC4:     22 March 2024

    * Release: 27 March 2024

LTS

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Please add acks to confirm validation support for a 3 year LTS window:

http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20240117161804.223582-1-ktraynor@redhat.com/

* 23.11.1 - In progress.

* 22.11.5 - In progress.

* 21.11.7 - 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-LTS will contain DPDK v23.11

  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains DPDK v22.11

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 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.