DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-07-13

DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-07-13

[Mcnamara, John]

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Release status meeting minutes 2023-07-13
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

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


Release Dates
-------------

The following are the current target or completed dates for 23.07:

* V1:      22 April 2023
* RC1:     13  June 2023
* RC2:     27  June 2023
* RC3:     12  July 2023
* RC4:     18  July 2023
* Release: 21  July 2023


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * Fixes only.

* next-net-intel
  * Some fixes pending.

* next-net-mlx
  * All RC3 patches merged.
  * Some small changes remaining.

* next-net-mvl
  * No more patches.

* next-eventdev
  * No more patches.

* next-baseband
  * No more patches.

* next-virtio
  * Some minor patches.

* next-crypto
  * Some patches/fixes for RC4.

* main
  * RC3 is out.
  * Only fixes and docs for RC4.
  * DTS need more reviews.

  * NOTE: deprecation notices should be sent soon so we can get sufficient Acks.
    https://patchwork.dpdk.org/bundle/dmarchand/deprecation_notices/?state=*

  * Updated RC/Release dates:
    RC3 July 12
    RC4 July 18
    Release July 21


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): 29 September 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023
  * Release: 15 November 2023


LTS
---

Backporting in progress.

Next LTS releases:

* 22.11.2
* 21.11.5
* 20.11.9
* 19.11.15
  * Will be updated with CVE and critical fixes only.


* Distros
  * v22.11 in Debian 12
  * Ubuntu 22.04-LTS contains 21.11
  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains 22.11

Defects
-------

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


Opens
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* None


DPDK Release Status Meetings
----------------------------

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.


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