[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 16/04/2020

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/16/2020 11:49 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 16/04/2020 12:06, Ferruh Yigit:
>>   * Marvell, Arm, Mellanox & Broadcom already sent roadmap for 20.05, all
>>     vendors please share the roadmap for the release.
> 
> I think it is too late now for 20.05 roadmap :-)
> 
>> Subtrees
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>> * main
>>     * There are still lots of patches, a lot of reviews are missing
>>     * Sub-trees will be pulled next week Monday/Tuesday
>>       * Sub-trees should be ready by EOD Friday or Saturday
>>     * Thomas did review on graph library, planning to get it as it is
> 
> No I did not review rte_graph.
> But as it is here for long, it should be merged.
> 
>>     * Trace library will be merged for -rc1, the review was missing but at least
>>       feedback requested
> 
> David worked on rte_trace reviews.
> More reviews were expected.
> We hope there will be more feedback after the merge as experimental.
> Please let's have open feedback, don't be shy asking for rework
> if you have any enhancement idea.
> 
>>     * Some library features may go in for -rc2 due to big backlog
> 
> We will try to minimize feature additions in -rc2 if any.
> 
>>     * If the work is not finished, planning to block related patches
>>       * Example: ABI breaks for false positive, don't get patches that
>>                  breaks ABI before fixing the ABI check tools.
> 
> Yes we should block patches more often to get work done.
> We can find other examples in crypto or ethdev.
> We need to define clear deadlines.
> Example: any patch in a PMD will be blocked after a deadline
> if the PMD does not comply with the requested rework,
> as RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE behaviour.
> 
>> * next-net
>>   * Less than 50 patches in the backlog
>>   * Some ethdev patches are not merged yet, close but not ready for -rc1
>>   * mlx set that break the ABI not clarified yet, it may be dropped from tree
>>
>> * next-crypto
>>   * ~50 patches in backlog, reviewed most of them, will apply today
>>   * ipsec patch depends on hash change which is for main repo
>>     * Thomas will look to it with priority
> 
> It seems hash patches are not ready or not reviewed.
> 
>>   * ABI related crypto patch will be reviewed today
>>   * There is a reported build error from Raslan
> 
> Looks to be not reproduced.

I think this may be valid issue, but reproduced randomly, because in make build,
the ipsec dependency to hash library looks missing.

> 
> [...]
>>   * 18.11.7 released
>>     * http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20200415173701.19706-1-ktraynor@redhat.com/
> 
> Congratulations Kevin!
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