DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-09-28

DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-09-28

[Mcnamara, John]

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Release status meeting minutes 2023-09-28
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* ARM [No]
* Debian/Microsoft [No]
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia [No]
* Red Hat

Release Dates
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The following are the proposed working dates for 23.11:

* V1:      12 August 2023
* RC1:     11 October 2023 - was 29 September 2023
* RC2:     20 October 2023
* RC3:     27 October 2023
* Release: 15 November 2023


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * Some patches merged
  * Focusing on eth_dev patches for RC1
  * Around 50% of remaining patches are rte_flow
    * needs some reviews

* next-net-intel
  * Some patches waiting for merge
  * Tree will be ready for RC1 be EOD 2023-09-28

* next-net-mlx
  * No update

* next-net-mvl
  * All patches merged.
  * Will send PR 2023-09-29

* next-eventdev
  * Waiting for some fixes for cnxk
  * Will send PR 2023-09-29

* next-baseband
  * Reviewing patches for VRB2 series.

* next-virtio
  * Working on improvements for VDUSE.
  * Other patches under review.

* next-crypto
  * 3 series to complete before PR
  * 2-3 new features from Marvell
  * RX inject patchset for review.
  * SSL/TLS patches for review.
  * SM2 patches need ack

* main
  * Working on Control Threads
  * PCI API cleanup merged. Subtrees take note.
  * Patch for Atomics
    * This needs review since it is an important API that will touch a lot of components later.
    * https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=29318
  * Preparing for LTS release.
  * Removing deprecated libraries.

  * DPDK Summit videos are out:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo97Rhbj4ceJf9p-crjGvGvn8pMWrJ_cV


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


LTS
---

Backports ongoing. Awaiting test results.

Next LTS releases:

* 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
-------

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



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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