11/01/2023 11:08, Morten Brørup: > Thomas, Nathan, > > The DPDK roadmap web page [1] is essentially two lists of specific features > probably coming in the short term, or in some unknown future. > > [1] https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/ > > We might want to publish the list of high level, long term ambitions here, as > they are decided by the Tech Board. This would provide valuable information > for DPDK application developers (if not following the mailing list). > > I'm thinking of topics such as: > * DTS in the main repository, > * C99 and C11 support (preferably with release dates/versions), and > * Slimming the EAL (if this becomes an official goal of the project).
I agree, we should better publish the intents in the roadmap page. For driver-specific changes, it goes through the roadmap easily already. For global technical changes, it may require a techboard vote first. I would like to add a section for easy work that newcomers could pick.
