Release status meeting minutes 2024-10-03

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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 24.11:

- Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 7 September 2024

- API freeze (-rc1): 7 October 2024 – Update: Friday 11 October

- PMD features freeze (-rc2): 28 October 2024

- Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 4 November 2024

- Release: 18 November 2023

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

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * Working on Ethdev

    - Some merged.

    - Some patches from previous release.

    - Some ethdev patches will be merged after RC1

  * 2 New PMD: net/sxe, net/xsc - under review

  * 2 Updating: net/r8169, net/zxdh. Also Napatech: net/ntnic.

* next-net-intel

  * 4 base code updates applied.

  * ~ 70 patches on tree

  * Ready for merge.

* next-net-mlx

  * No updates this week.

* next-net-mvl

  * Around 40 patches under review.

  * Some patches merged and some in progress.

  * Will send PR next week

* next-eventdev

  * Around 10 patches under review.

  * Two specification changes from Intel and Marvell

  * Merging has started.

* next-baseband

  * Almost ready for PR

  * 1 other series under review for merge.

* next-virtio

  * Almost ready for PR

  * Other patches can go in RC2

* next-crypto

  * 60 patches in queue.

  * Some PMD fixes merged.

  * New PMD from ZTE for compression and crypto.

  * Some new APIs and changes to APIs.

  * The series on "cryptodev: replace LIST_END enumerators with APIs" needs review:

    https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20240905101438.3888274-1-gakhil@marvell.com/

* next-dts

  * Capabilities merged.

  * Working through roadmap patches.

* main

  * IPv6 patchset to review

  * Series on "VFIO hotplug with multiprocess" needs review.

    https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=33028

  * Big series cleaning up logs in drivers.

  * RC1 will move to Friday 11 October

LTS

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Status of the current LTSes

* 23.11.2 - Released.

* 22.11.6 - Released.

* 21.11.8 - Released.

* 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.