Release status meeting minutes 2024-10-17

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Agenda:

* Release Dates

* Subtrees

* Roadmaps

* LTS

* Defects

* Opens

Participants:

* ARM

* Debian/Microsoft

* 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): 19 October 2024

- PMD features freeze (-rc2): 6 November 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

  * Most ethdev merged for RC1

  * Most driver patches merged apart from new ones which

    will be merged post RC1

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

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

  * Bonding needs a maintainer

* next-net-intel

  * 5 base code updates merged into RC1

  * Some patchsets pending for RC2

  * Fixed needed for Ubuntu build error:

    https://build.opensuse.org/package/live_build_log/home:bluca:dpdk/dpdk/Ubuntu_24.04/x86_64

* next-net-mlx

  * 30 patches on list for RC2.

* next-net-mvl

  * 15 patches in queue for RC2.

* next-eventdev

  * 20 patches in queue for RC2.

* next-baseband

  * Looking at series for ACC.

* next-virtio

  * One series under review. Should be ready for merge this week.

* next-crypto

  * Will target RC2 merge next week.

* next-dts

  * Working on doc patch and large merge.

* main

  * RC1 released on 19 October

  * Please note: all subtree maintainers should rebase to RC1

    due to some CI fixes.

  * Thomas will be out of office next week, please merge to the

    subtrees as much as possible this week.

  * Power library needs review.

  * RC2 targeting 6 November 2024

**Note**:

We will look to move this meeting to a US friendly time slot at

the start of November.

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.