[dpdk-dev] DPDK Release Status Meeting 22/07/2021

[Thomas Monjalon]

Release Dates
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* v21.08
  - Proposal/V1:    Wednesday,  2 June (completed)
  - rc1:            Saturday,  10 July (completed)
  - rc2:            Friday,    23 July
  - rc3:            Thursday,  29 July
  - rc4:            Wednesday,  4 August
  - Release:        Friday,     6 August

Subtrees
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* next-net
  - Bug with libatomic in clang, fixed today.

* next-crypto
  - Pulled yesterday.
  - Only deprecation notices left for this release.
  - ABI check on FreeBSD: fixed today.

* next-eventdev
  - Few patches for -rc3.

* next-virtio
  - Pulled yesterday.
  - One more series to look at (was rejected later).
  - Change on async experimental code - candidate for -rc3

* next-net-brcm
  - No update.

* next-net-intel
  - No update.

* next-net-mlx
  - Integration in progress

* next-net-mrvl
  - Few patches for -rc3.

LTS
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DPDK 19.11.9 released on Monday by Christian.

Call for help for 19.11.x to fix issues with new toolchains, kernels, etc.