DPDK Release Status Meeting 2023-08-17

[Mcnamara, John]

Release status meeting minutes 2023-08-17
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* Subtrees
* Roadmaps
* LTS
* Defects
* Opens

Participants:
* AMD
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Marvell
* Red Hat

Release Dates
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The following are the proposed working dates for 23.11:

* V1:      12 August 2023
* RC1:     29 September 2023
* RC2:     20 October 2023
* RC3:     27 October 2023
* Release: 15 November 2023


Subtrees
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* next-net
  * New driver from Napatech
  * New driver RNP: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=29118
  * 1 other new driver

* next-net-intel
  * No update.

* next-net-mlx
  * No update.

* next-net-mvl
  * No update.

* next-eventdev
  * No update.

* next-baseband
  * No update.

* next-virtio
  * No update.

* next-crypto
  * No update.

* main
  * Busy with Windows.
  * Splitting EAL into two.
  * Cleanups for C11
  * New series for determining dependencies for unit tests.
  * Working on build fixes.
  * Preparing for LTS release.
  * Removing deprecated libraries.


Proposed Schedule for 2023
--------------------------

See also http://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#dates

23.11
  * Proposal deadline (RFC/v1 patches): 12 August 2023
  * API freeze (-rc1): 29 September 2023
  * PMD features freeze (-rc2): 20 October 2023
  * Builtin applications features freeze (-rc3): 27 October 2023
  * Release: 15 November 2023


LTS
---

Backports ongoing. Awaiting test results.

Next LTS releases:

* 22.11.2 - RC sent
* 21.11.5 - awaiting test reports
* 20.11.9 - released
* 19.11.15
  * Will be updated with CVE and critical fixes only.


* Distros
  * v22.11 in Debian 12
  * Ubuntu 22.04-LTS contains 21.11
  * Ubuntu 23.04 contains 22.11

Defects
-------

* Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  * https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/


Opens
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* None


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 at intel.com" for the invite.
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