Release status meeting minutes 2023-02-02
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* ARM
* Intel
* Nvidia
* Red Hat



Release Dates
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The following are the proposed current dates for 23.03:


* V1:      25 December 2022
* RC1:      8 February 2023
* RC2:      1 March    2023
* RC3:      8 March    2023
* Release: 20 March    2023


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * The next-net tree needs more reviews/support.
  * 30+ patches on rte_flow
  * 25+ ethdev patches
  * Both sets need reviews and fixes
  * CPFL has dependencies - needs to be clarified
  * Ethdev patch for live migration
    - Currently the design may only work with MLX
      so it may get moved to a private API
  * Patch series for trace points in ethdev

* next-net-intel
  * 20+ patches ready for merge.

* next-net-mlx
  * Some patches integrated and waiting to be pulled.
  * More in the backlog.

* next-net-mvl
  * Patches merge and awaiting pull

* next-eventdev
  * Patches merge and awaiting pull

* next-baseband
  * Two series
    - One reviewed and one needs revision

* next-virtio
  * Review on big Control Queue support series
  * Async vhost packed ring optimization

* next-crypto
  * Some pat
  * 2 major series
    - Compressdev - need review
    - PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol)

* main
  * Thread API from Tyler under review
    * First one merged
  * Telemetry patches from Robin under review.
  * Two series on annotations.
    - Preferred syntax under discussion
  * Spurious failures in service-cores tests
  * testpmd fixes/additions need closer reviews
  * igbuio build issue - There are multiple reports and fix patches. One should be merged.


Proposed Schedule for 2023
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See also http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

23.03
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 25 December 2022
  * API freeze (-rc1): 8 February 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 1 March 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 8 March 2023
  * Release: 20 March 2023

23.07
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 15 April 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 31 May 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 21 June 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 28 June 2023
  * Release: 12 July 2023

23.11
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 29 September 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023
  * Release: 15 November 2023

Other
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* TBA

LTS
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Next releases will be:

* 22.11.1

* 21.11.4

* 20.11.8

* 19.11.15?
  * CVE and critical fixes only.


* 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


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