[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 26/11/2020

[Ferruh Yigit]

Meeting minutes of 26 November 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* -rc5 status
* Subtrees
* LTS
* OvS

Participants:
* Arm
* Broadcom
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat


Release Dates
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* v20.11 dates
   * -rc5 is released on      Sunday, 22 November 2020
     * http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/2457559.JHJOnYWPqN@thomas/
   * Release pushed to         *Friday, 27 November 2020*

* v21.02 dates
   * Proposal/V1:    Sunday, 20 December 2020
   * -rc1:           Friday, 15 January 2021
   * Release:        Friday, 5 February 2021

   * Please send roadmaps, preferably before beginning of the release
     * Thanks to NTT for sending roadmap


-rc5 status
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* Ping (form Intel) sent the test repot
   * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-November/193445.html
   * ... no new critical issue blocked the release is found.

* Red Hat testing looks good
   * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-November/193416.html

* OvS, 'dpdk-latest' branch, tested with latest DPDK, looks good
   * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-November/193509.html


Subtrees
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* main
   * CI
     * Travis policy for open source projects changed, free slots only
       to open source projects without budget
       * We are out of credit to run more test
         * Need to discuss should we pay for it
           * Currently the budget is used for the UNH lab
       * There is a patch to use github actions
   * Looking to the documentation patches
     * There are lots of them to review
     * David will create a list of patches waiting for review
       * Please support doc reviews
   * Waiting for v2 of dpdk-setup patchset with doc updates
   * Waiting for 21.02 roadmaps
     * Asaf will put a draft discussion on managing the releases

* next-net
   * no update on tree after -rc5

* next-crypto
   * no update

* next-eventdev
   * no update

* next-virtio
   * Done for the release

* next-net-intel
   * no update after -rc5
     * an iavf patch went directly into main not acked by maintainers

* next-net-mlx
   * All good, a few patches went into main directly

* next-net-mrvl
   * no update

* next-net-brcm
   * no update


LTS
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* Next 18.11 release will be 18.11.11
   * Estimated release date is mid January

* Next 19.11 release will be 19.11.6
   * Expecting a release candidate next week
   * Released tentatively planned for mid December
     * Based on test completion dates and results

* 20.11 LTS
   * Thanks to Kevin volunteered as 20.11 LTS maintainer
     * Kevin will send a roadmap update to document this


OvS
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* Validated latest DPDK and all looks good



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 every Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

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