Re: [dpdk-web] [PATCH] update stable releases roadmap

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

hi Thomas,

On 03/09/2018 01:36 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> 
> ---
> This is at the same time, a call for volunteer,
> and a proposed change to shorten the wait for the first stable releases
> from at least 3 months to 2 months.
> 
> Let's add this discussion to the agenda of the next techboard meeting.
> ---
>  dev/roadmap.html | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/dev/roadmap.html b/dev/roadmap.html
> index e6cf640..e40f410 100644
> --- a/dev/roadmap.html
> +++ b/dev/roadmap.html
> @@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
>  		<li>Release: November 2, 2018
>  	</ul>
>  	<h2 id="stable">Stable releases</h2>
> +	<p>There is a documentation page describing the
> +	<a href="/doc/guides/contributing/stable.html">guidelines of the stable releases</a>.
>  	<p>Stable point releases follow mainline releases.
>  	<p>After each -rc tag and after the final version, relevant bug fixes get
>  	backported by the stable maintainers into the respective branches in "bursts".
> @@ -111,8 +113,9 @@
>  	to stable@dpdk.org only (avoiding dev@dpdk.org).
>  	<p>After all the relevant bugfixes have been backported,
>  	regression tests are ran, and if clear, the stable release is announced.
> -	<p>Typically a new stable release version follows a mainline release
> -	by 1-2 weeks, depending on the test results.
> +	<p>The first stable release (.1) of a branch should follow
> +	its mainline release (.0) by two months,
> +	before starting tests of the next mainline release candidates.
>  	<hr>
>  	<div style="overflow-x:auto">
>  	<table>
> @@ -125,15 +128,39 @@
>  		<tr>
>  			<td>16.11.6</td>
>  			<td>May 19, 2018</td>
> -			<td>November 2018</td>
> +			<td>November 2018 (LTS)</td>
>  			<td>Luca Boccassi</td>
>  		</tr>
>  		<tr>
>  			<td>17.11.2</td>
>  			<td>May 19, 2018</td>
> -			<td>November 2019</td>
> +			<td>November 2019 (LTS)</td>
>  			<td>Yuanhan Liu</td>
>  		</tr>
> +		<tr>
> +			<td>18.02.1</td>
> +			<td>April 6, 2018</td>
> +			<td>June 2018</td>
> +			<td>looking for volunteer</td>
> +		</tr>
> +		<tr>
> +			<td>18.05.1</td>
> +			<td>June 29, 2018</td>
> +			<td>October 2018</td>
> +			<td>looking for volunteer</td>
> +		</tr>
> +		<tr>
> +			<td>18.08.1</td>
> +			<td>October 5, 2018</td>
> +			<td>January 2019</td>
> +			<td>looking for volunteer</td>
> +		</tr>
> +		<tr>
> +			<td>18.11.1</td>
> +			<td>January 11, 2019</td>
> +			<td>November 2020 (LTS)</td>
> +			<td>looking for volunteer</td>

I am available to volunteer for 18.11 :-)

thanks,
Kevin.

> +		</tr>
>  	</table>
>  	</div>
>  </section>
>