[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 10/12/2020

[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 10/12/2020

[Ferruh Yigit]

Meeting minutes of 10 December 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* LTS
* OvS
* Opens

Participants:
* Arm
* Broadcom
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Nvidia
* Red Hat


Release Dates
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* v21.02 dates
   * Proposal/V1:    Sunday, 20 December 2020
   * -rc1:           Friday, 15 January 2021
   * Release:        Friday, 5 February 2021

   * Please send roadmaps, preferably before beginning of the release
     * Thanks to NTT for sending roadmap


Subtrees
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* main
   * Tooling/testing patches in the backlog
   * There are patches deferred from previous release
   * It is preferred to get risky patches early, to give enough time them to be
     tested
   * Travis not working is a concern for ABI checks
     * David sent patch a patch to enable github actions for checks
       * https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=14188
         * Please test
   * Many people will be taking holidays on last two weeks of the year

* next-net
   * A few patches reviewed & merged
   * No big backlog as of now, nothing interesting

* next-crypto
   * No update

* next-eventdev
   * No update

* next-virtio
   * There are some patches deferred from previous release

* next-net-mlx, next-net-brcm
   * Some patches merged and can be pulled

* next-net-intel, next-net-mrvl
   * No update


LTS
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* v19.11.6-rc1 is out, please test
   * http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20201203093856.299103-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com/
   * Waiting for test reports
   * Target release date is 17 December

* v18.11.10 work is going on
   * waiting for backports, request emails sent
     * Some backports received, waiting for some others
   * target is to close the -rc1 before holidays


OvS
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* OvS side reported a build error related to the pkgconfig flag
   * Bruce is investigating it


Opens
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* Asaf shared a draft release process documentation
   * After review there were no objection to the document, it will be shared
     publicly



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 <john.mcnamara@intel.com>" for the invite.