Release status meeting minutes 2024-02-29
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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:      4 March    2024
* RC3:     11 March    2024
* Release: 20 March    2024

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


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * Testpmd patch from Napatech.
  * AF_XDP update and docs.

* next-net-intel
  * Some additions/fixes for RC2.

* next-net-mlx
  * Mainly merged for RC2.

* next-net-mvl
  * 40 patches to merge for RC2.

* next-eventdev
  * Bruce patches reviewed. Good to merge.
  * Prepping for RC2.

* next-baseband
  * PR for RC1 was reworked for RC2.

* next-virtio
  * Prepping for RC2.

* next-crypto
  * Merged for RC1.
  * ~ 35 patches for RC2.
  * There is a new Ionic driver. Probably will be postponed to next release.
* main
  * Windows series being reviewed.

  * Proposed 24.03 dates:
    * RC2:      4 March 2024
    * RC3:     11 March 2024
    * Release: 20 March 2024

LTS
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* 22.11.4 - Released.
* 21.11.6 - Released.
* 20.11.10 - Released.
* 19.11.15 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.


* Distros
  * Debian 12 contains DPDK v22.11
  * Ubuntu 22.04-LTS contains DPDK v21.11
  * 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.