Release status meeting minutes 2023-08-17

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Agenda:

* Release Dates

* Subtrees

* Roadmaps

* LTS

* Defects

* Opens

Participants:

* AMD

* Debian/Microsoft

* Intel

* Marvell

* Red Hat

Release Dates

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The following are the proposed working dates for 23.11:

* V1:      12 August 2023

* RC1:     29 September 2023

* RC2:     20 October 2023

* RC3:     27 October 2023

* Release: 15 November 2023

Subtrees

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* next-net

  * New driver from Napatech

  * New driver RNP: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=29118

  * 1 other new driver

* next-net-intel

  * No update.

* next-net-mlx

  * No update.

* next-net-mvl

  * No update.

* next-eventdev

  * No update.

* next-baseband

  * No update.

* next-virtio

  * No update.

* next-crypto

  * No update.

* main

  * Busy with Windows.

  * Splitting EAL into two.

  * Cleanups for C11

  * New series for determining dependencies for unit tests.

  * Working on build fixes.

  * 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): 29 September 2023

  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023

  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023

  * Release: 15 November 2023

LTS

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Backports ongoing. Awaiting test results.

Next LTS releases:

* 22.11.2 - RC sent

* 21.11.5 - awaiting test reports

* 20.11.9 - released

* 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

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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 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.