DPDK Release Status Meeting 2024-04-25

DPDK Release Status Meeting 2024-04-25

[Mcnamara, John]

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Release status meeting minutes 2024-04-25
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

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

Release Dates
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The following are the current/updated working dates for 24.07:

    - Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 26 April 2024
    - API freeze (-rc1): 7 June 2024
    - PMD features freeze (-rc2): 21 June 2024
    - Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 28 June 2024
    - Release: 10 July 2023

https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * New Napatech PMD.

* next-net-intel
  * Some patches applied from last release.
  * There will be a number of base code updates
    in this release.

* next-net-mlx
  * No update.

* next-net-mvl
  * No update.

* next-eventdev
  * No update.

* next-baseband
  * Merging 1 patchset from previous release.

* next-virtio
  * 2 series posted.

* next-crypto
  * Some patches from previous release.
  * Patches from Pensando.
  * New driver from Linaro

* main
  * Looking at changes for Graph library.
  * Ongoing changes for Windows.
    - Several series.
  * New DMA driver from Marvell
  * High level of patches in this release (more than 1000).

  * Note, we are looking for new maintainers for Bonding and Failsafe.


  * 24.07 Proposed dates:
    - Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 26 April 2024
    - API freeze (-rc1): 7 June 2024
    - PMD features freeze (-rc2): 21 June 2024
    - Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 28 June 2024
    - Release: 10 July 2023


LTS
---

Please add acks to confirm validation support for a 3 year LTS window:
http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20240117161804.223582-1-ktraynor@redhat.com/

* 23.11.1 - In progress. Test reports incoming.
* 22.11.5 - Released.
* 21.11.7 - RC out. Testing ongoing.
* 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.
* 19.11.15 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.


* Distros
  * Debian 12 contains DPDK v22.11
  * Ubuntu 24.04-LTS will contain DPDK v23.11
  * 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@intel.com" for the invite.

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