[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-07 Thread Mcnamara, John
> -Original Message- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Neil Horman > Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 2:48 PM > To: Thomas Monjalon > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John ; Christian > Ehrhardt ; Markos Chandras > ; Panu Matilainen > Subject:

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-07 Thread Mcnamara, John
> -Original Message- > From: Neil Horman [mailto:nhorman at tuxdriver.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 7:15 PM > To: Mcnamara, John > Cc: dev ; Christian Ehrhardt > ; Markos Chandras ; > Panu Matilainen > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support >

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-07 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
On 7 June 2016 at 08:36, Christian Ehrhardt < christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Mcnamara, John > wrote: > [...] > > > > LTS Version > > > > > > The proposed initial LTS version will be DPDK 16.07. The next versions, > > based > > on a 2 yea

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-07 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote: [...] > > LTS Version > > > The proposed initial LTS version will be DPDK 16.07. The next versions, > based > on a 2 year cycle, will be DPDK 18.08, 20.08, etc. > I can see on the discussions that much more things around this have

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-07 Thread Mcnamara, John
> -Original Message- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 5:05 PM > To: Mcnamara, John > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Christian Ehrhardt ; > Markos Chandras ; Panu Matilainen redhat.com> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] RFC

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-07 Thread Mcnamara, John
> -Original Message- > From: Matthew Hall [mailto:mhall at mhcomputing.net] > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 7:17 PM > To: Mcnamara, John > Cc: dev ; Christian Ehrhardt > ; Markos Chandras ; > Panu Matilainen > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Yuanhan Liu
On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:44:47PM +0200, Nirmoy Das wrote: > > > LTS Version > > > > > > The proposed initial LTS version will be DPDK 16.07. The next versions, > > based > > on a 2 year cycle, will be DPDK 18.08, 20.08, etc. > > Hi, > > I can see 16.07's release due date is 18th

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Yuanhan Liu
On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:31:09PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-06-06 19:49, Yuanhan Liu: > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 06:05:15PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 2016-06-03 15:07, Mcnamara, John: > > > > Developers submitting fixes to the mainline should also CC the > > > > maintainer s

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Yuanhan Liu
On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 06:05:15PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > Hi, > > 2016-06-03 15:07, Mcnamara, John: > > Introduction > > > > > > This document sets out a proposal for a DPDK Long Term Support release > > (LTS). > > In general, LTS refer to a longer maintenance than than re

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-06 22:14, Yuanhan Liu: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:31:09PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-06-06 19:49, Yuanhan Liu: > > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 06:05:15PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > 2016-06-03 15:07, Mcnamara, John: > > > > > Developers submitting fixes to the mainline

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-06 09:47, Neil Horman: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 11:27:29AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-06-05 14:15, Neil Horman: > > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:07:49PM +, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > > > Introduction > > > > > > > > > > > > This document sets out a proposal for

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Nirmoy Das
> LTS Version > > > The proposed initial LTS version will be DPDK 16.07. The next versions, based > on a 2 year cycle, will be DPDK 18.08, 20.08, etc. Hi, I can see 16.07's release due date is 18th July. Is it possible to know the timeline for RC versions of dpdk-16.07 ? This might

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-06 19:49, Yuanhan Liu: > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 06:05:15PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-06-03 15:07, Mcnamara, John: > > > Developers submitting fixes to the mainline should also CC the maintainer > > > so > > > that they can evaluate the patch. A email address > > > could be

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-06-05 14:15, Neil Horman: > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:07:49PM +, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > Introduction > > > > > > This document sets out a proposal for a DPDK Long Term Support release > > (LTS). > > > > The purpose of the DPDK LTS will be to maintain a stable release of

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Neil Horman
On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 04:21:11PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-06-06 09:47, Neil Horman: > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 11:27:29AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 2016-06-05 14:15, Neil Horman: > > > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:07:49PM +, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > > > > Introduction

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-06 Thread Neil Horman
On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 11:27:29AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-06-05 14:15, Neil Horman: > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:07:49PM +, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > > Introduction > > > > > > > > > This document sets out a proposal for a DPDK Long Term Support release > > > (LTS

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-05 Thread Neil Horman
On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:07:49PM +, Mcnamara, John wrote: > Introduction > > > This document sets out a proposal for a DPDK Long Term Support release (LTS). > > The purpose of the DPDK LTS will be to maintain a stable release of DPDK with > backported bug fixes over an extended

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-03 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Hi, 2016-06-03 15:07, Mcnamara, John: > Introduction > > > This document sets out a proposal for a DPDK Long Term Support release (LTS). In general, LTS refer to a longer maintenance than than regular one. Here we are talking to doing some maintenance as stable releases first. Curre

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-03 Thread Mcnamara, John
Introduction This document sets out a proposal for a DPDK Long Term Support release (LTS). The purpose of the DPDK LTS will be to maintain a stable release of DPDK with backported bug fixes over an extended period of time. This will provide downstream consumers of DPDK with a stable

[dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support

2016-06-03 Thread Matthew Hall
On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:07:49PM +, Mcnamara, John wrote: > What changes should be backported > - > > * Bug fixes that don't break the ABI. > > > What changes should not be backported > - > > * API or ABI breaking changes