[dpdk-dev] releases scheduling

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-12-13 20:22, Thomas Monjalon:
> We need to define the deadlines for the next releases.
> During 2015, we were doing a release every 4 months.
> If we keep the same pace, the next releases would be:
> 	2.3: end of March
> 	2.4: end of July
> 	2.5: end of November
> 
> However, things move fast and it may be a bit long to wait 4 months for
> a feature. That's why I suggest to progressively shorten release terms:
> 	2.3: end of March
> 	2.4: mid July
> 	2.5: end of October
> and continue with a release every 3 months:
> 	2.6: end of January
> 	2.7: end of April
> 	2.8: end of July
> This planning would preserve some of the major holiday periods
> (February, May, August, December).
> 
> The first period, for the first submission of a feature, was 2 months long.
> Then we had 2 other months to discuss, merge and fix.
> We should shorten only the first period.
> 
> Anyway, the next deadlines should be unchanged:
> 	- January 31: end of first submission phase
> 	- March 31: release 2.3
> 
> Opinions are welcome.

It seems everybody agree with this new scheduling.
The web site will be updated accordingly:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/web/2015-December/000008.html

There were some discussions to change the numbering scheme
and rename 2.3 to 16.04. The patch (with arguments) is welcome.
I won't do the patch myself because I don't care :)

Another discussion was about having a long term support,
i.e. doing some backport maintenance during a given period for
some selected releases.