Release status meeting minutes 2023-11-23
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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: 23 November 2023
* Release: 24 November 2023
The following are the current working dates for 24.03:
- Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 22 December 2023
- API freeze (-rc1): 5 February 2024
- PMD features freeze (-rc2): 23 February 2024
- Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 4 March 2024
- Release: 14 March 2024
Subtrees
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* next-net
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-net-intel
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-net-mlx
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-net-mvl
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-eventdev
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-baseband
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-virtio
* No direct changes past RC4
* next-crypto
* No direct changes past RC4
* main
* RC4 released
* Release targeted for 24 November 2023, depending on some build/CI issues:
* Build/link issue on Debian
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dpdk/-/jobs/4949787
* cpfl compilation issue
https://build.opensuse.org/package/live_build_log/home:bluca:dpdk/dpdk/Debian_Next/i586
* LCOREs autotest timing out on ARM:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/live_build_log/home:bluca:dpdk/dpdk/Debian_12/aarch64
Proposed Schedule for 2023
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See http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates
LTS
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* 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.