Minutes 13 February 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* -rc2 status
* Subtrees
* OvS
Participants:
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Mellanox
* NXP
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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* v20.02 dates:
* -rc2 is released on 6 February
* https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-February/157366.html
* -rc3 Friday 14 February 2020
* Release Friday 21 February 2020
* Release pushed because of extended PRC holidays
* v20.05 *updated* proposal, please comment:
* Proposal/V1: Wednesday 18 March 2020
* Integration/Merge/RC1: Friday 17 April 2020
* Release: Wednesday 20 May 2020
* The update request is based on delays in 20.02
* Release date postponed more taking into PRC holiday on 1-5 May into account
-rc2 Status
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* -rc2 has been released last week, but it has not been fully tested by Intel
because of extended PRC holiday, expecting to have a test report tomorrow.
No issue reported from Mellanox testing.
* !! Can all vendors/contributors that tested the -rc1/-rc2 please share their
test results, either via email to mail list or in the release status meeting,
to increase our confidence to the release.
* Decided go on with the existing -rc3 plan, but if we find late critical issues
because of delayed testing, we may need to have interim -rc4/-rc5 releases.
* There is still some risk around release date, based on full validation output.
Subtrees
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* main
* Sub-trees are not ready yet, will pull them tomorrow for -rc3
* ABI fixes merged
* ACL patches under review
* Windows patches has been merged
* Lots of doc updates for -rc3 & -rc4
* Reminder of deprecation notices, some discussed but not sent yet
* Should be ready for -rc3 tomorrow
* next-net
* Some fixes merged, pulled from sub-trees, will ready for -rc3 end of today
* Will pull from mlx and virtio trees when they are ready today
* af_xdp fix series reviewed by @Xiaolong, will merge today
* Pulling from -brcm & -mrvl trees as well regularly
* next-net-crypto
* Only a couple of patches left for -rc3
* Doc patch for inline protocol
* One test crypto patch waiting reply from @Fiona
* next-net-eventdev
* No update
* next-net-virtio
* There will be a few more fixes for -rc3, waiting @Ivan
* next-net-intel
* Some fixes merged for -rc3
* next-net-mlx
* Some small fixes merged for -rc3, there will be a few more
* LTS
* 19.11.x
* Started working on 19.11.1, going smooth for now
* Will wait 20.02 release for having a -rc1 date
* Proposed to create 19.11 branch in stable tree
* 17.11.10-rc1 released, please test and report results
* https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/154915.html
* Got test results from Intel, Red Hat & Mellanox
* QAT regression reported by Intel testing, need help from developers
* mlx reported regressions issue resolved
* Waiting ETA for QAT issue until end of today
* If no update received, will proceed with the release
* 18.11.x
* Started to work on next LTS version 18.11.7
OvS
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* 2.13 release should be around this week
* The experimental tag dropped in master may remain as experimental in LTS
This means the OvS may have to keep consuming API as experimental, DPDK
discussion thread on the issue:
* https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-February/157149.html
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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just
send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>" for the invite.
