[dpdk-dev] New RC needed for stablility?

[Thomas Monjalon]

30/04/2018 14:57, Bruce Richardson:
> Hi Thomas, Ferruh, all,
> 
> Initial testing on RC1 from our System Test and Validation shows a lot of
> defects/issues, and from the list it appears others may be seeing issues
> too. These issues, as well as causing test failures are blocking other
> tests from being run. We are also seeing some serious performance
> regressions with testpmd.
> 
> Based on the number of issues we are seeing, which is probably a result of
> the huge number of changes in this release even at the RC1 point, I would
> propose that we look to do a new RC some time this week to get as many
> critical bugs as possible ironed out, before we add in the remaining 18.05
> features. That is: *bug-fix only* RC2, say Wed/Thurs (or sooner if fixes
> are ready), with remaining features in RC3 as planned on 11th.
> 
> Thoughts, comments?

OK +1

We need to agree on a list of bugs to be fixed.
Are there some Bugzilla entries?
When they will be fixed, I will tag the RC2.