[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 14/05/2020

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu May 14 13:13:19 CEST 2020


Minutes 14 May 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* -rc2 status
* Subtrees
* Opens

Participants:
* Arm
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Mellanox
* Red Hat


Release Dates
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* v20.05 dates:
  * -rc2  is released on Tuesday, 12 May
    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-May/167394.html
  * -rc3			Friday 18 May 2020
  * -rc4			Thursday 21 May 2020
  * Release pushed to		*Monday 25 May 2020*

* v20.08 proposal dates, please comment:
  * Proposal/V1:		Tuesday, 16 June 2020
  * Integration/Merge/RC1:	Tuesday, 14 July 2020
  * Release:			Friday, 7 August 2020

  * Please send roadmap for the release


-rc2 status
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* Intel sent a -rc2 test report, majority of testing completed, no critical
  issue
  * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-May/167715.html


Subtrees
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* main
  * Looking patchsets adding __rte_internal to common folder
    * This is good to prevent false positives in ABI and document intention
  * ABI fix for matured API not merged, discussion going on in the mail list
    * OvS is using it but not critical for OvS
    * Blocking some test cases
  * There are couple of coverity fixes
  * Some documentation
    * Good time for deprecation notices
  * Thomas is looking compilation patches and Makefile deprecation
  * gcc10
    * Akhil's fix for crypto looks good, can replace temporary solution
    * Gavin has patch for mbuf, but this stage can be late/risky for complex fix
      * At this stage we can go with disabling warning as temporary solution
    * Ferruh is getting a warning on hash too, will share it
  * We should consider python2 deprecation
    * A deprecation notice already merged
      * https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/65828/

* next-net
  * Some patches merged and sub-trees pulled for -rc3
  * HW rings allocation patch is in backlog, ethdev patch is internal and can go
    in -rc3 but there a few things to clarify, not sure if it will make -rc3

* next-crypto
  * No update

* next-eventdev
  * No update

* next-virtio
  * 4 fixes in the queue, pull request can be ready today
  * Mellanox vdpa patchset postponed, it introduces new APIs
  * More reviews would help
  * Maxime will have less time next month,  will sync with Xiaolong

* next-net-intel
  * 10 fixes in backlog
  * fm10k patchset postponed to next release

* next-net-mlx
  * 10-15 fixes are expected


Opens
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* Bugzilla is not discussed for a while
  * After issues assigned, there is not much to do for management
  * It can be good to get list of critical issues offline

* Patchwork hit 70K patches, Hemant/Nipun is the winner :)
  * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-May/167125.html



DPDK Release Status Meetings
============================

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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
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