Release status meeting minutes 2023-10-05

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Agenda:

* Release Dates

* Subtrees

* Roadmaps

* LTS

* Defects

* Opens

Participants:

* AMD

* Intel

* Marvell

* Nvidia

* Red Hat

Release Dates

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The following are the current working dates for 23.11:

* V1:      12 August 2023

* RC1:     11 October 2023

* RC2:     27 October 2023

* RC3:      3 November 2023

* Release: 15 November 2023

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * Initial pull done.

  * Working on the rest of the tree.

  * There are still a number of rte_flow patches pending merge but not having

    reviews

* next-net-intel

  * No update

* next-net-mlx

  * No update

* next-net-mvl

  * Will send PR today

* next-eventdev

  * Sent PR

* next-baseband

  * Reviewing patches for VRB2 series.

* next-virtio

  * Other patches under review.

* next-crypto

  * 3 series pending PR - will be complete by the end of the week

  * 2-3 new features from Marvell

  * RX inject patchset for review.

  * SSL/TLS patches for review.

  * SM2 patches need ack

* main

  * Patch for Atomics merged.

    * Some additions/changes needed in RC2.

  * Reviewing dispatcher library - new library approved by tech board.

  * Working on Control Threads

  * PCI API cleanup merged. Subtrees take note.

  * Preparing for LTS release.

  * Removing deprecated libraries.

Proposed Schedule for 2023

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See also http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

23.11

  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023

  * API freeze (-rc1): 11 October 2023

  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 27 October 2023

  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 3 November 2023

  * Release: 15 November 2023

LTS

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LTS in the current cycle have been released.

* 22.11.2 - Released

* 21.11.5 - Released

* 20.11.9 - Released

* 19.11.15

  * Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.

* Distros

  * v22.11 in Debian 12

  * Ubuntu 22.04-LTS contains 21.11

  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains 22.11

Defects

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* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects

  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/

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

You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just

send an email to "John McNamara john.mcnamara@intel.com" for the invite.