[dpdk-dev] Patch merges for 1.8 release

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:20 PM
> To: Richardson, Bruce
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: Patch merges for 1.8 release
> 
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> 2014-09-16 11:18, Bruce Richardson:
> > I'm just wondering what the expected timeline is for you starting to merge
> patches in for the 1.8 release? As you have
> > probably seen, I have quite a number of outstanding patches submitted for
> mbufs, and I'm wonder when the "part 1" set,
> > which by now has been pretty well reviewed and ack'ed, might be merged to
> the mainline? I'm loath to start upstreaming
> > drafts of part 3 patches at this stage, because the depth of the backlog I'm
> building up just increases the amount
> > of work I have to do for any mainline changes that require me to do changes
> on rebase.
> 
> I was very busy last week with DPDK summit and IDF.
> Now I'm back and I'm cleaning up the patchwork tool (before availability
> announcement in a couple of days).
> Then the goal of the next days is to make a -rc1 tag with all the patches
> which are ready and properly reviewed.
> The mbuf changes are first in my list.
> 

Thanks for the info, and welcome back!

/Bruce