Release status meeting minutes 2023-11-09

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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 working dates for 23.11:

* V1:      12 August   2023

* RC1:     11 October  2023

* RC2:      6 November 2023

* RC3:     13 November 2023

* RC4:     20 November 2023

* Release: 22 November 2023

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * RC2 released

  * Working on bugs/fixes.

* next-net-intel

  * QA testing ongoing.

  * Some small fixes for post RC2.

* next-net-mlx

  * No update.

* next-net-mvl

  * QA testing ongoing.

  * Some small fixes to apply.

* next-eventdev

  * QA testing ongoing.

  * Some small fixes to apply.

* next-baseband

  * PR being prepared.

* next-virtio

  * No update.

* next-crypto

  * 8-9 patches for RC3

  * Coccinelle script for Null checks.

  * Preparing PR.

* main

  * RC2 released November 6th.

  * Provisional dates for the next phases of the release:

    * RC3:     13 November 2023

    * RC4:     20 November 2023

    * Release: 22 November 2023

Proposed Schedule for 2023

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See notes above and http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

LTS

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LTS in the current cycle are in progress.

* 22.11.3 - In progress

* 21.11.6 - In progress

* 20.11.10 - In progress

* 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.