[PATCH] release 24.11.3

[Thomas Monjalon]

18/08/2025 19:13, Kevin Traynor:
> On 18/08/2025 17:04, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 18/08/2025 18:00, Kevin Traynor:
> >> -  24.11.2
> >> +  24.11.3
> >> -| [DPDK 24.11.2 (LTS)](//fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-24.11.2.tar.xz) | [2025 April 23](//doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/rel_notes/release_24_11.html)    | dae5ac259126e6912afa5051f6665851 |
> >> +| [DPDK 24.11.3 (LTS)](//fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-24.11.3.tar.xz) | [2025 August 18](//doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/rel_notes/release_24_11.html)   | 5e2cd8cbbe3097697e6800b3480dcc95 |
> > 
> > Looks fine, thanks.
> > 
> >> -| 24.11.2  | 24.11.3  | August 2025       | December 2027 (LTS) | Kevin Traynor             |
> >> +| 24.11.3  | 24.11.4  | January 2026      | December 2027 (LTS) | Kevin Traynor             |
> > 
> > Why not 24.11.4 in December?
> > 
> > 
> 
> It would be an aim, but last year validation teams were unable to commit
> to test LTS releases before we had CVE releases on Dec 17th. In the end
> they found some extra cycles to do it.
> 
> It was 3 weeks turnaround on testing this latest release, so we can
> creep into holiday season and people OoO too.
> 
> So it could be either month and my thinking is I don't want anyone to
> plan for it getting it in December and be left waiting. I'm not strongly
> opposed to saying December, just it might be late.

OK, I've no strong opinion.