[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 05/07/2018

[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 05/07/2018

[Ferruh Yigit]

Minutes of 5 July 2018
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Agenda:
* Merge Deadline for 18.08
* Subtrees
* Bugzilla


Participants:
* Intel
* Mellanox
* NXP
* Red Hat
* SuSe


Merge Deadline for 18.08
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* *RC1* date pushed to *Wednesday 11 July*.
* sub-trees will be pulled on Tuesday 10 July.
* More review needed, patches not reviewed and merged until RC1 deadline won't
  able to make into release.
* Patchsets requires more attention are following:
  * hot plug failure handle
  * enable hotplug on multi-process
  * Device querying
  * Anatoly's fixes/patches :)
* Most probably "hot plug failure handle" will be merged partially and "enable
hotplug on multi-process" will be postponed to next release. More foundational
changes required for hotplug.
* Possible RC2 date is 20-23 July, need input from test teams.


Subtrees
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* main
  * More patches to be merged, more review required
  * Thomas is off on Monday 9 July

* next-net
  * Plan to send a pull-request end of Thursday 5 July
  * Ferruh is on holiday on next week, Thomas will pull from vendor-trees for RC1

* next-crypto
  * Target sub-trees pull date, Tuesday 10 July
  * There are API changes requires more review/input
  * Some PMDs may be merged on RC2

* next-virtio
  * There are some patches targeting Friday 6 July
  * Some patches can target new RC1 deadline

* next-eventdev
* next-pipeline
* next-qos
  * No update was given


Bugzilla
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* No update was given
* Shreyansh mentioned from a unit test defect, will discuss offline in the mail
list.


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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just
send me an email and I will send you the invite.