Release status meeting minutes 2022-08-05
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* ARM
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia


Release Dates
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The following are the proposed current dates for 22.11:

* V1 deadline: 14 August   2022
* RC1:          3 October  2022
* RC2:         23 June     2022
* RC3:         31 October  2022
* Release:     16 November 2022

Subtrees
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* next-net
  * New drivers in this release

* next-net-intel
  * No update

* next-net-mlx
  * No update

* next-net-brcm
  * No update

* next-net-mrvl
  * 30-40 patches in this release

* next-eventdev
  * Some patches from Intel
  * Probably 30-40 patches

* next-virtio
  * Currently ~16 patches in the release
  * Chenbo will cover this release

* next-crypto
  * Patches for BBDev
  * Adding crypto security and sessions rework
  * Additional FIPs validation patches in this release

* main
  * Need to start reviews early on the mailing list
  * Machine learning inference library RFC:
    * https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20220803132839.2747858-1-jerinj@marvell.com/

Other
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* DPDK Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/dpdk-userspace-summit/
  * Event Dates: Tuesday, September 6 - Thursday, September 8, 2022


LTS
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Waiting for test results. Aiming for August 29th for all 3 LTSs.

* 21.11.2
  * Back porting in progress

* 20.11.6
  * Back porting in progress

* 19.11.13
  * Back porting in progress




* Distros
  * v20.11 in Debian 11
  * Ubuntu 22.04 contains 21.11

Defects
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* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/


Opens
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* None


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. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

If you wish to attend just send an email to "John McNamara john.mcnamara@intel.com" for the invite.