Release status meeting minutes {Date} ===================================== :Date: 6 May 2021 :toc:
.Agenda: * Release Dates * -rc2 status * Subtrees * LTS * Defects * Opens .Participants: * Arm * Broadcom * Debian/Microsoft * Intel * Marvell * Nvidia * Red Hat Release Dates ------------- * `v21.05` dates - -rc2 is released on Wednesday, 5 May ** http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/3585896.ctXz43JjJv@thomas/ - -rc3: Wednesday, 12 May - -rc4: Tuesday, 18 May - Release: Friday, 21 May * `v21.08` draft dates (updated), please comment: - Proposal/V1: Wednesday, 2 June - -rc1: Monday, 5 July - Release: Tuesday, 3 August * Expecting a small `v21.08` release. rc2 status ---------- * The -rc2 is so new, no test reports yet. * Good to get more test results, please share the test reports Subtrees -------- * main - example, tooling and fix patches in the backlog - i40e/iavf PF reset issue adding new bus/pci API, it may be later for this release ** Is the fix critical for this release? * next-net - 'ena' PMD base code update and fix patches are in backlog * next-crypto - All merged except mlx crypto PMD and crypto unit test refactor ** mlx crypto PMD, will review it today and merge it for -rc3 if all good ** crypto unit test refactor is causing segfault *** Working on it - NXP baseband driver is postponed to next release - Fixes will be merged for -rc3 * next-eventdev - Fixes as they arrive * next-virtio - Backlog is clean, 2 RFC will be considered for next release * next-net-brcm - No patches in the backlog, fixes as they arrive * next-net-intel - No update * next-net-mlx - Fixes after this stage * next-net-mrvl - CNXK net driver postponed to next release - No feature patches in backlog, only fixes LTS --- * `v19.11` (next version is `v19.11.9`) - Not much update at this stage * `v20.11` (next version is `v20.11.2`) - "Xueming(Steven) Li" will help on `v20.11.2` release - email can be out this/next week Defects ------- * Quit for a while, there was good amount of activity after -rc1 * Some gcc11 build errors fixed but more still exist - Target is to fix all before -rc3 ** Ferruh will follow next-net ones, ice & bnx2x Opens ----- * Regular Coverity checks continues, some fixes merged - Huawei sent lots of static analysis fixes in this release * Cheng will follow security issues when he is back from holiday - We can try to align security fixes with LTS releases .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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK If you wish to attend just send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>" for the invite. *****