Release status meeting minutes {Date}
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:Date: 4 March 2021
:toc:
.Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* LTS
* Opens
.Participants:
* Arm
* Broadcom
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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* `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
- Thanks to `Marvell`, `Huawei hns3` and `Nvidia` for sending roadmap
Subtrees
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* main
- Some `eal` patches merged
- For Alibaba's PIO patchset better to do more test
** Ferruh will follow if Intel validation team can help
- ethdev SubFunction representor patches target next-net
- Will do an early pull from next-net
* next-net
- Progressing, backlog mostly consumed
** The ones not getting response won't be carried away to next release
- Not observed the peak for the release yet
* next-crypto
- One libcrypto patches, will commit today/tomorrow
- Rest are PMD/application patches
* next-eventdev
- There are three RFCs in the backlog
- octeontx2 changes from Marvell
- Intel DLB patchest
** Removing DLB v1 support
*** Why removing driver soon after it is merged
- Harry has SW eventdev patch
* next-virtio
- Will send roadmap
- Small patches in the backlog
- Two series remaining from the previous release
* next-net-brcm
- A big series is merged and waiting for pull
- No big series expected for release except regular fixes
* next-net-intel
- Progressing
- Some patches are missing in the tree will sync with Qi
* next-net-mlx
- Backlog is empty as of now, all merged
* next-net-mrvl
- A new octeontx3 driver expected for this release
LTS
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* `v19.11.7-rc1` is out, please test
-
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20210222155851.3002880-1-christian.ehrha...@canonical.com/
- Canonical, Red Hat reported test results
- Intel almost finished testing, 5 issues found, issues reported
**
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/by5pr11mb39733b6f1cd807f9377533f185...@by5pr11mb3973.namprd11.prod.outlook.com/
*** Make build issue, devbind issue, rest are driver issues
* `v20.11.1-rc1` is out, please test
- http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20210222150918.279483-1-luca.bocca...@gmail.com/
- Canonical, Red Hat, Broadcom and Intel reported test results
- Intel reported some issues, working on them, not blocker for release
- Nvidia will send a report soon.
- Will OvS send a report?
* For both of them target release date is March 8.
- If no issues found during testing.
Opens
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.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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK
If you wish to attend just send an email to
"John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>" for the invite.
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