[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 3/12/2020

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 12/7/2020 11:54 AM, oulijun wrote:
> 
> 
> 在 2020/12/3 19:51, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
>> Meeting minutes of 3 December 2020
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> Agenda:
>> * Release Dates
>> * 20.11 retrospective
>> * LTS
>> * OvS
>> * Opens
>>
>> Participants:
>> * Arm
>> * Debian/Microsoft
>> * Intel
>> * Nvidia
>> * NXP
>> * Red Hat
>>
>>
>> Release Dates
>> -------------
>>
>> * v20.11 is released on Friday, 27 November 2020
>>    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-November/193684.html
>>    * https://core.dpdk.org/download/
>>    * https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.html
>>
>>    * This was the biggest ever DPDK release, thanks to everyone who contributed.
>>
>> * 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
>>
> Hi， Ferruh Yigit
>    We plan to send the roadmap, but we're not sure what it requires? Is it per 
> vendor or per PMD vendor? What should he contain?
> 

There is no strict formatting for it, the intention is to document the work 
planned for the coming release, it is sent per vendor mostly. Following are the 
past a few ones you can check as samples:

arm: 
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/DBAPR08MB58147BA5F6A1D90B702592C498240@DBAPR08MB5814.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com/
broadcom: 
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/CACZ4nhvDnB49YK_4SMH=BDAoRntgXxyW4kjpcpdqwHuGpwwOGg@mail.gmail.com/
nvidia: 
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/DM5PR12MB2406E0A8CC7C6E884B770B02CD560@DM5PR12MB2406.namprd12.prod.outlook.com/
marvell: 
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/BYAPR18MB2424F954434930AEF34CBD0AC8590@BYAPR18MB2424.namprd18.prod.outlook.com/
intel: http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20200612135804.3781756-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com/


> Thanks
> Lijun Ou
>>
>> 20.11 retrospective
>> -------------------
>>
>> (I tried to summarize as best as I can, please free to correct/add when needed)
>>
>> * What went well
>>    * Managed to get out this very big release on time
>>    * Was more precise with dates
>>    * Expectations on features were more clear in this release
>>    * Good co-working between maintainers
>>      * Communication was better, project become more resilient
>>    * Akhil commented last minute stress was less
>>    * Major gcc distribution didn't cause disruption this time
>>    * LTS is doing good job overall
>>      * Thanks to Luca and Kevin for their work there
>>
>> * Things to improve
>>    * next-net is busy, %60+ of the commits coming from next-net,
>>      would be good to get more help, options to improve
>>      * Add a co-maintainer in that level
>>        * Andrew (backup maintainer) is great candidate if he can spare time
>>          He is already helping on reviews
>>        * He already covered during release when Ferruh is on holiday
>>      * Testpmd maintainership is not working fine, find maintainers for it
>>      * Should we add more vendor trees?
>>        * Huawei is contributing more, should it have a vendor sub-tree?
>>          * Huawei is being good citizen mostly
>>    * CI can be improved
>>    * Top level Thomas/David may felt the last minute stress more this time
>>      * Pachwork update by Jerin, to add reviewer column may help
>>        * This seems not exactly matching patchwork intention of using delegate
>>          field
>>          * Need to work on how to upstream this improvement
>>      * It is causing more problem when expectation is not clear from vendors
>>    * Security issues
>>      * They didn't work very well, the busy release is affecting it
>>        * Good thing is there is a well defined process, needs resource to execute
>>        * Can help to allocate separate resource for it
>>          * A technical project manager can do it, doesn't have to be developer
>>
>>
>> LTS
>> ---
>>
>> * v19.11.6-rc1 is out, please test
>>    * http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20201203093856.299103-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com/
>>    * Target release date is 17 December
>>
>> * v18.11.10 work is going on
>>    * waiting for backports, request emails sent
>>    * -rc1 is planned before holidays
>>
>>
>> OvS
>> ---
>>
>> * Second version of patch to switch DPDK 20.11 is sent, please review
>>
>>
>> Opens
>> -----
>>
>> * Asaf shared a draft release process documentation
>>    * It will be sent as documentation patch for community review,
>>      after initial review
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>> .
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