Release status meeting minutes 2021-09-30 =========================================
Agenda: * Release Dates * Subtrees * Roadmaps * LTS * Defects * Opens Participants: * Broadcom * Debian * Intel * Marvell * Nvidia * Red Hat Release Dates ------------- * v21.11 dates * Proposal/V1: Friday, 10 September (complete) * -rc1: Friday, 15 October * Release: Friday, 19 November Subtrees -------- * next-net * Reviewing and merging ongoing * Pulled sub-trees and rebased to main * Will merge other subtrees today * Patch from ARM to fix descriptor order. However, there is a 20% decrease in performance on ThunderX. Other ARM vendors should check. * Release queue patch - awaiting response * next-net-intel - Waiting base code update - Tests need to be enabled in the CI * next-net-mlx - 3 patches merged and some merges ongoing - Big regex patchset will be merged directly to main * next-net-brcm * Issue with GCC7 resolved * next-net-mrvl - A lot of patches to merge - 2 big patches for inline-ipsec and ingress meter - https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=18917&state=* * next-eventdev * Intel patches merged (except one) * Changes on API hiding (for ABI stability) reviewed and looks good. * next-virtio * Still quite a few series under review * Fix for regression that could be merged: net/virtio: revert forcing IOVA as VA mode for virtio-user * next-crypto * Progressing. * A few patches that can be merged * Issue with Windows CI failure * main * **NOTE**: there are several large patchset on main the review detailed reviews from the community such as the series for Interrupts and for Thread API. * Merging experimental API updates ongoing * API updates for interrupts * Call to driver maintainers to look at it: * https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=18664 * Some ASAN patches under review but need rework * Thread API series needs more reviews * https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=18338 * DMA device under review * Need to fix issue with MBUF segments * Should be merged this release and needs review * https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210929213707.17727-1-olivier.m...@6wind.com/ * Patches under test for automatic delegation patch delegation in the CI * Issue with KNI build on SuSE * New Slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/dpdkproject/shared_invite/zt-v6c9ef5z-FqgOAS7BDAYqev_a~pbXdw LTS --- * v19.11 (next version is v19.11.10) * 20.11.3 released on Monday Sept 6 * 19.11.10 released on Monday Sept 6 * Distros * v20.11 in Debian 11 * v20.11 in Ubuntu 21.04 Defects ------- * Bugzilla links, 'Bugs', added for hosted projects - https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/ Opens ----- * Release of OpenSSL 3.0 will cause some compilation issues in cryptodev: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2021/09/07/OpenSSL3.Final/ 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.mcnam...@intel.com<mailto:john.mcnam...@intel.com>" for the invite.
