[dpdk-dev] deadlines postponed

[O'Driscoll, Tim]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:34 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] deadlines postponed
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I propose to shift the proposal deadline and the integration deadline
> for 18.05:
> 	- Proposal deadline: March 9, 2018
> 	- Integration deadline: April 6, 2018
>  	- Release: May 4, 2018
> 
> The idea is to follow these guidelines:
> 	- more time before the proposal deadline
> 	- 4 weeks for integration in RC1
> 	- 4 weeks for bugs fixing after RC1
> 
> You can look at this web patch for more details:
> 	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/web/2018-February/000580.html
> 
> Opinions?

+1

At the moment, the proposal deadline is very soon after the previous release. Moving this out a little would allow extra time for development, and would still keep reasonable intervals for integration and testing/bug fixing.