DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-05-04

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 4 May 2023 10:24:45 +0000
"Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara at intel.com> wrote:

> Release status meeting minutes 2023-05-04
> =========================================
> 
> Agenda:
> * Release Dates
> * Subtrees
> * Roadmaps
> * LTS
> * Defects
> * Opens
> 
> Participants:
> * AMD
> * ARM
> * Intel
> * Marvell
> * Nvidia
> * Red Hat
> 
> 
> Release Dates
> -------------
> 
> The following are the proposed current dates for 23.07:
> 
> * V1:      22 April 2023
> * RC1:     31   May 2023
> * RC2:     21  June 2023
> * RC3:     28  June 2023
> * Release: 12  July 2023
> 
> 
> Subtrees
> --------
> 
> * next-net
>   * Under review.
>   * ~120 patches in backlog.
>   * GVE license update
> 
> * next-net-intel
>   * Starting to apply patches, about 20 patches are waiting for merge.
> 
> * next-net-mlx
>   * No update
> 
> * next-net-mvl
>   * Some patches merged.
>   * ~30 patches remaining.
> 
> * next-eventdev
>   * Some patches merged.
>   * AMD patches under review
> 
> * next-baseband
>   * No major features so far.
> 
> * next-virtio
>   * Intel series for port mirroring
>     * Some concerns on code duplication and API complexity
>   * Report of performance degradation in vhost driver
>   * New series on guest notifications in slow path
>   * VDUSE - Vhost VDPA in userspace. https://lwn.net/Articles/841054/
>     * Under review
> 
> * next-crypto
>   * 60-70 patches in backlog
>   * Patches to add new algorithms
>   * Reviewing PDCP patches
>   * Reviews and merges ongoing
> 
> * main
>   * Starting to merge patches to improve the Windows port
>   * Reviewing ethdev patches
>   * Patches from ARM for PMU
>     * Postponed from last release
>     * For tracing
>     * Awaiting feedback on comments
>   * Power Management feature from AMD
>   * Memarea feature
>   * CDX bus patches from AMD
>     * Virtual PCI like bus
>   * New checkpatch checks for atomic functions
>   * Issues with Fedora 38 and GCC 13
>   * Issue with Coverity automated analysis
>   * Call for updates to the external Roadmap:
>     https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/
> 
> 
> Proposed Schedule for 2023
> --------------------------
> 
> See also http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates
> 
> 23.07
>   * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 22 April 2023
>   * API freeze (-rc1): 31 May 2023
>   * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 21 June 2023
>   * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 28 June 2023
>   * Release: 12 July 2023
> 
> 23.11
>   * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023
>   * API freeze (-rc1): 29 September 2023
>   * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023
>   * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023
>   * Release: 15 November 2023
> 
> 
> LTS
> ---
> 
> Next LTS releases will be:
> 
> * 22.11.1
>   * RC1 sent - Scheduled for May 5
> * 21.11.4
>   * Got test feedback from Nvidia, Red Hat and Intel
> * 20.11.8
>   * RC1 sent and first test report received
> * 19.11.15
>   * CVE and critical fixes only.
> 
> 
> * Distros
>   * v20.11 in Debian 11
>   * Ubuntu 22.04-LTS contains 21.11
>   * Ubuntu 23.04 contains 22.11
> 
> Defects
> -------
> 
> * Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
>   * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/

Could we add current bugzilla statistics to the this status report?