Release status meeting minutes 2025-02-11
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* Broadcom
* ARM
* Intel
* Marvell
* Microsoft
* Nvidia
* Red Hat


Release Dates
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The following are the proposed working dates for 25.03:

- Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 4 January 2025
- API freeze (-rc1): 7 February 2025 - Trending to 12 February
- PMD features freeze (-rc2): 28 February 2025
- Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 7 March 2025
- Release: 26 March 2025

See https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * 3 patches pending
  * Some drivers under review
  * 29 patches under reviewing

* next-net-intel
  * Mainly done for RC1
  * ~ 5 patches remaining/in progress.

* next-net-broadcom
  * 9 patches submitted and merged

* next-net-mlx
  * 12 patches merged and awaiting pull

* next-net-mvl
  * 32 patches. Will target RC2.

* next-eventdev
  * 3 patches awaiting review from Intel

* next-baseband
  * 1 series under review.
  * Merging in RC2

* next-virtio
  * PR submitted

* next-crypto
  * Most patches merged
  * 1 PMD ready
  * Series with ZTE driver

* next-dts
  * Issue with Python 3.13 is fixed
  * Mainly new tests pending

* main
  * Merged:
    * VLA patchset for Windows
    * Annotations on locks
    * Memory allocators
  * Fix for GCC 15 zero padding issue
  * RC1 to close 12 Feb


Other
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  - DPDK Summit 2025 will be in Prague in May:
    - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/dpdk-summit/
    - https://www.dpdk.org/event/dpdk-summit-2025-prague/


LTS
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Backporting in progress.

Current LTS versions:

* 24.11.2
* 23.11.3
* 22.11.7

See https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

* 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.
* 19.11.14 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.


* Distros
  * Debian 12 contains DPDK v22.11
  * Ubuntu 24.04 contains DPDK v23.11
  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains DPDK v22.11
  * RHEL 8/9 contains DPDK 23.11

Defects
-------

* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/



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 Tuesday at 14:30 DST over Jitsi on 
https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar 
reminder just
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