From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wj0-f171.google.com (mail-wj0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4367E4A65 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2016 22:45:02 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wj0-f171.google.com with SMTP id v7so338692180wjy.2 for ; Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:45:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Up+wCYcW9I7TNiokBbXe3efvz6nyyxpLbL8onQNh7t0=; b=uy0CxthGn1IEmki8saOvToMrUhoQbZyVf56KyYvRgt3r4v8Y2M9YeRDHeRxuVnClG+ ZXXFG6NHLryrxIqjPNnd9WQdCtFuIJgvNiUYJYYI4C52/C+1Nowo7iBVDR/l8ihC2/GE LRifqmFtWutwRZxWaCJpo+wCnjLqHqOPcRPf9c4lQz+osrLFNVjm8bwQA2fjDe/lxo3b hGw7hrAH02c5wzuUYKva3CYI45ufaCViEvc2AoV4vtW+c/TehWXYsq9Wd+f60Jx05d+g mxLKkMCmJrQ9kJ44tiqYZzRHEVhg9sWP+4TsTVo6tEwBVgJHNzc7FmNq1bOvM2/EtHu9 6TUQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Up+wCYcW9I7TNiokBbXe3efvz6nyyxpLbL8onQNh7t0=; b=R8fZ0A3TXuqih4DvRgw+z2YMMw42rWxOoxCZYBU6pjJPc0gnW5ut+ug034XWibk7Ws s07Uu6P0WNrEidp3Szgw6HcB8GYXrGiyXUEodgwZNBFxOj4QNo1G6CVfxDRgfx86X6A2 zQGFjryuhNxd5LkgYo3nP626KRzVmjtT4T17Lh/cj1uNsKiGXYshepXXA2aRPqJdwqzl DzHo3bOn5j/P0GzpaXPTPnqbk0aeDbN2cC+DDhJh8UyeV7P/xYjqOS2hlGo95Ug4DySB SgvtHdRCwD4YLqaxmLKyUkZ3ppzKXmHm8FEoS6+VtAvacfUJWkOpicjYyTSDwQO+1L1f +R1Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC00U+ySoM10xQYZH+Avyxv/H4vLQ4R5yhzzjfj/Rj2XdjkcUIx+XRSNFRc4qme9zBBT+ X-Received: by 10.194.198.196 with SMTP id je4mr54306703wjc.25.1481060701873; Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:45:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k11sm6045343wmb.18.2016.12.06.13.45.00 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:45:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:45:01 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:45 +0100 From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <1919219.0mG3jzDeNO@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20161206132544.720c8627@xeon-e3> References: <2826842.JE1PHBM7JX@xps13> <20161206132544.720c8627@xeon-e3> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] proposal deadline X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:45:02 -0000 2016-12-06 13:25, Stephen Hemminger: > On Sun, 04 Dec 2016 23:44:51 +0100 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > There were a lot of patches v1 submitted these last days, just before the > > proposal deadline (December 4). > > It's good to have a lot of features for 17.02, but it means we are going > > to have a hard time to review, rework and integrate them. > > I think we should make an effort to send our v1 patches (or RFC) much before > > the deadline. > > Or we can make the proposal window shorter, but it would be less flexible. > > Another way to manage this huge flow: start reviewing the oldest ones. > > And if there is not enough time for proper review of the latest series, > > some will be postponed. > > > > The statistics diagram of patches proposals (v1) per week are attached. > > You can also find it at this URL: > > https://s12.postimg.org/g9uluz9u5/patchesv1.png > > In case the diagram of v1 patches needs some comments, these were the > > deadlines for feature proposal: > > 2015 October 2 > > 2016 January 31 > > 2016 May 9 > > 2016 August 28 > > 2016 December 4 > > I would separate new features/infrastructure from new drivers. > In Linux, Linus still takes new driver after the merge window, but not > new features. You're right. We are more tolerant with drivers patches after RC1. But significant/risky patches are not taken in last week(s).