DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-11-02

[Mcnamara, John]

Release status meeting minutes 2023-11-02
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* ARM
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Nvidia
* Red Hat

Release Dates
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The following are the current working dates for 23.11:

* V1:      12 August 2023
* RC1:     11 October 2023
* RC2:     27 October 2023 - Trending to 3 November
* RC3:      3 November 2023
* Release: 15 November 2023


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * Tree not closed yet for RC2.
  * Reviews and updates ongoing.

* next-net-intel
  * Some fixes merged.
  * Patch for prog action

* next-net-mlx
  * Almost ready for merge.

* next-net-mvl
  * PR sent.

* next-eventdev
  * PR sent.

* next-baseband
  * PR sent.
  * One series still under review.

* next-virtio
  * PR sent.
  * One series still under review.
  * Some fixes pending.

* next-crypto
  * 3-4 patches in RC2 backlog.
  * IPsecMB patch needs ack.

* main
  * Starting to pull for RC2.
  * RC2 trending to Friday November 3rd.


Proposed Schedule for 2023
--------------------------

See also http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

23.11

  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 11 October 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 27 October 2023 - Trending to 3 November
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 3 November 2023
  * Release: 15 November 2023


LTS
---

LTS in the current cycle have been released.

* 22.11.3 - In progress
* 21.11.6 - In progress
* 20.11.10 - In progress
* 19.11.15
  * Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.


* Distros
  * Debian 12 contains DPDK v22.11
  * Ubuntu 22.04-LTS contains DPDK v21.11
  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains DPDK v22.11

Defects
-------

* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/



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 Thursday at 9:30 UTC over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just
send an email to "John McNamara john.mcnamara at intel.com" for the invite.

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