[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 19.11-rc1

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v19.11-rc1

There are 1045 patches accumulated in the master branch
since the last release. It is more than enough to have a new tag.
Note that this -rc1 is exceptionnally not feature-complete.
We are expecting more major features in the upcoming -rc2 (in 2 weeks).

The release notes so far:
	http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.html
Please think about updating the release notes when you add a feature.

Highlights of 19.11-rc1, grouped by category:
General:
	- prepare for 1 year without ABI breakage
	- dynamic mbuf
	- eBPF arm64 JIT
Networking:
	- Hisilicon hns3 driver
	- NXP PFE driver
	- virtio packed ring optimizations
Cryptography:
	- session-less asymmetric crypto
	- Marvell Nitrox driver
	- Marvell OCTEON TX2 crypto driver
	- IPsec SAD API
Applications:
	- IOAT example
	- several examples are removed

We will close this release cycle before the end of November.
DPDK 19.11-rc2 is expected on 8th of November.

Thank you everyone