[dpdk-announce] release candidate 19.11-rc3

[Thomas Monjalon]

A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v19.11-rc3
142 patches were integrated.

The release notes so far:
	http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.html
It should be completed with a list of tested hardware.

Highlights of 19.11-rc3:
	- new ABI versioning
	- KNI with VA

The -rc4 should include only some bug fixes, doc and tooling.
This next milestone is expected to be released on Tuesday 26th.

There are some open bugs to check in bugzilla:
	https://bugs.dpdk.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=IN_PROGRESS&product=DPDK
Please hurry up to do the last checks and bug fixes,
in order to have DPDK 19.11 out during the next week.
You may share some release validation results
by replying to this message (at dev at dpdk.org).

If you are preparing the next release cycle, please send your v1 patches
before the 20.02 proposal deadline, which will happen on December 6th.
It is also time to build an estimated roadmap for the next cycles.

Thank you everyone