[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 6/02/2020

[Ferruh Yigit]

Minutes 6 February 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* OvS

Participants:
* Intel
* Marvell
* Mellanox
* NXP
* Red Hat


Release Dates
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* v20.02 dates:
  * -rc2 pushed to		*Thursday 6 February 2020*
  * -rc3 pushed to		*Friday 14 February 2020*
  * Release pushed to		*Friday 21 February 2020*
    * Release pushed because of extended PRC holidays

* v20.05 dates:
  * Proposal/V1:		Friday 6 March 2020
  * Integration/Merge/RC1:	Friday 10 April 2020
  * Release:			Friday 1 May 2020


Subtrees
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* main
  * Pulled next-net & next-net-crypto
    * Dropped two patches from crypto because of ABI breakages
      * ccp sha3 & chacha20-poly
  * ABI check patches merged
    * In travis checks enabled by default

* next-net
  * pulled, nothing in backlog for -rc3, there can be fixes

* next-net-crypto
  * ipsecgw eventmode can be postponed, Akhil will check
  * CPU crypto patches merged

* next-net-eventdev
  * There can be a few fixes for -rc3

* next-net-virtio
  * Three small fixes for -rc3

* next-net-mlx
  * pulled

* LTS

  * 17.11.10-rc1 released, please test and report results
    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/154915.html
    * Got test results from Intel, Red Hat & Mellanox
      * QAT regression reported by Intel testing, need help from developers
      * mlx reported regressions, needs more details
    * Will wait two more week for above issues clarified
      * Rough release date is mid February

  * 18.11.6 released
    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/156760.html


OvS
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* Release on track
* Backporting removing experimental tag under discussion in DPDK
  * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/155419.html



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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just
send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>" for the invite.