[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 16/01/2020

[Ferruh Yigit]

Minutes 16 January 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* OvS

Participants:
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Mellanox
* NXP
* Red Hat


Release Dates
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* v20.02 dates:
  * Integration deadline passed, it was on Wednesday 15 January 2020
    * RC1 is expected before the weekend, possibly on Friday 17 January
    * PRC holidays on 24-20 Jan (inclusive)
  * Release:			Friday 14 February 2020

* v20.05 proposal:
  * Proposal/V1:		Friday 6 March 2020
  * Integration/Merge/RC1:	Friday 10 April 2020
  * Release:			Friday 1 May || Wed 13 May
    * 1-5 May holiday on PRC, we need to do the release before or after that
      Please comment on between 1 May or 13 May.


Subtrees
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* main
  * Will try to do -rc1 before Monday with best effort
  * Two series from arm
    * "ring library" updates
      * May go in in this release
    * Use WFE for aarch64
  * ABI tooling patches
    * Tech-board selected David's approach
    * Automated checks will be in CI after David's patch
      * We need automated checks to be sure we are not breaking the ABI
        otherwise it is not always easy for developer to catch the break
    * Waiting new version of Neil's __rte_internal pathcset

* next-net
  * Almost all ethdev changes merged, planning to finalize last
    remaining 1-2 ones today
  * All sub-trees pulled except some mlx and brcm one that are waiting fix
  * Some PMD patches may be postponed to -rc2

* next-net-crypto
  * Pull request sent
  * There is a performance concern on some ipsec-gw patches,
    they can go in -rc2 if the issue is solved
  * CPU crypto from last release may be breaking ABI, need to confirm
    and discussed dummy variable is missing, may be postponed to next release
  * Some PMD changes are postponed to -rc2

* next-net-eventdev
  * Pull request sent, it is a small set

* next-net-virtio
  * All commit pulled to next-net
  * virtio vDPA drive will be postponed to next release
  * Some patches waiting user change and some are under review
  * Can be some more patches for -rc2

* next-net-intel
  * Nothing critical, most of the patches have been pulled
  * 'fm10k' patches are not reviewed, may go in -rc2 if reviewed
    otherwise will be postponed to next release

* LTS

  * 17.11.10-rc1 released, please test and report results
    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/154915.html
    * Release planned on January / February

  * 18.11.6-rc2 released, please test and report results
    * https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/155132.html
    * Only a few patches on top of -rc1
    * Intel will plan a validation, it won't be full validation
    * Release planned on 31st January


OvS
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* Using DPDK experimental APIs discussed, it is accepted to use once as
  exception, so feature won't be blocked
  * DPDK need to figure out how to backport removing experimental tags to the
    LTS releases



DPDK Release Status Meetings
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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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just
send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>" for the invite.