Release status meeting minutes 2022-06-30
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* ARM
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat
* Xilinx/AMD


Release Dates
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The following are the proposed current dates for 22.07:

* V1 deadline: 10 April 2022
* RC1:          8 June  2022
* RC2:         23 June  2022
* RC3:          4 July  2022 - was 30 June 2022
* RC4:          8 July  2022
* Release:     13 July  2022

Updated dates are posted shortly after they are changed at:
http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

Here are some provisional 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
  * RC2 released
  * Prepping for RC3
  * Patch for MTU in PCAP Driver - needs reviews

* next-net-intel
  * Get update
  4 patches waiting for upstream
  * Looking at fix for GCC12 issue in ice driver

* next-net-mlx
  * 2 small patches for private testpmd

* next-net-brcm
  * No update

* next-net-mrvl
  * Mainly complete after RC2

* next-eventdev
  * Some fixes from Intel

* next-virtio
  * Some reviews to do
  * Prepping a PR for RC3 around docs and fixes

* next-crypto
  * Most patches merged in RC2
  * Looking at docs and fixes

* main
  * Merged last fixes for GCC 12
    * Still some issues with cross compilation
  * Merged NULL pointer/checks patches
  * Series for memory leaks needs some rework
  * Sent first RFC on rte_bus
  * Please send **and** review deprecation notices:
    https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=&q=deprecat

Other
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* DPDK Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/dpdk-userspace-summit/
* Call for papers: https://linuxfoundation.smapply.io/prog/dpdk_userspace_summit_2022/

    Dates to Remember:

    CFP Opens: Monday, June 27 at 12:00 am PDT
    CFP Closes: Friday, July 22 at 11:59 PM PDT
    Speaker Notifications: August 1
    Schedule Announcement: Week of August 1
    Presentation Slide Due Date: Tuesday, August 30
    Event Dates: Tuesday, September 6 - Thursday, September 8, 2022


LTS
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* 21.11.2
  * Back porting in progress
  * 21.11.1 released April 26th

* 20.11.6
  * Backporting waiting for RC2
  * 20.11.5 released April 4th

* 19.11.13
  * Backporting waiting for RC2
  * 19.11.12 released April 7th


* Distros
  * v20.11 in Debian 11
  * 22.04 will contain 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.