From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37771A054D; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:22:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08C316075F; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:22:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8659016075A for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:22:30 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: g8ok/hjXhgZzt2cDgfmPEMt3gGZukRpempi19zckP4WLBieSzP4lVZWeisRp0fxbX4dQsaxLWo wupW5qjy9nHA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9898"; a="182704743" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,187,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="182704743" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Feb 2021 05:22:29 -0800 IronPort-SDR: RcTt4Av5QOLtSnLIxKl8hJvBloRsgytRchhfwWHFacMjEcfXtcW+C9rqRSxg4jdayl8xlW/ybO HpCVBiXhdtRw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,187,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="385947803" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.252.26.139]) ([10.252.26.139]) by fmsmga008-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Feb 2021 05:22:28 -0800 From: Ferruh Yigit To: "dev@dpdk.org" Cc: Thomas Monjalon X-User: ferruhy Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:22:25 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 18/02/2021 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Meeting minutes of 18 February 2021 ----------------------------------- Agenda: * Release Dates * 21.02 retrospective * LTS Participants: * Arm * Canonical * Debian/Microsoft * Intel * Marvell * Nvidia * Red Hat Release Dates ------------- * v21.02 is released on Sunday, 14 February 2021 * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2021-February/199730.html * https://core.dpdk.org/download/ * https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_02.html * v21.05 dates * Proposal/V1: Thursday, 18 March * -rc1: Thursday, 15 April * Release: Friday, 14 May * Please send roadmaps, preferably before beginning of the release 21.02 retrospective ------------------- * It was a small release * For last two years LTS get improved * It was smoother switch from 19.11 to 20.11 * Bugzilla utilized better, more bugs are closed * Still there are some long open ones * Coverity runs automated * Better coverage on CI with help of meson * There are not concluded patches long standing in backlog * Need better support from community to close them * May consider a meeting to go through them * No major disruption from new gcc1 compiler * Release dates mostly predictable, there are small slips but not major ones * CI can be improved more, we have new CI lead (Aaron) * Removing dependency to hugepages, devices and root access makes unit tests easier to be used * This way it can be run in more platforms and at build time * Unit tests can be run in the CI with coverage calculation * The unit test frameworks around: unity, cunity LTS --- * v19.11 (next version v19.11.7) * Received more backports/feedback * Still waiting response for a few backport * Will sync with Luca for -rc date * v20.11 (next version v20.11.1) * A few more patches waiting for response * If there is no response, will have the -rc tomorrow * Can wait next week if there will be backporting * There are some patches waiting response from authors to backport to LTS. LTS maintainers are contacted for the backport, some of the components waiting for response is as following, please check: * hns3, mlx4/5, ice, bnxt 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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK If you wish to attend just send an email to "John McNamara " for the invite.