> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:tho...@monjalon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2023 15.24 > > 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.
In principle, the current decision process should suffice: The DPDK high level roadmap should reflect consensus in the community. And if there is no consensus, it becomes a techboard decision. On the other hand, techboard meetings are relatively frequent, so requiring techboard approval for wide ranging changes could be a good safeguard. > I would like to add a section for easy work that newcomers could pick. Good idea!
