On 25.04.2019 13:42, Ian Stokes wrote: > On 4/25/2019 11:09 AM, Ilya Maximets wrote: >> "On 24.04.2019 20:03, Ian Stokes wrote: >>> Modify travis linux build script to use the latest >>> DPDK stable release 18.11.1. Update docs for latest >>> DPDK stable releases. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.sto...@intel.com> >>> --- >>> .travis/linux-build.sh | 2 +- >>> Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 4 ++-- >>> Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 8 ++++---- >>> Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++--- >>> 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) >> >> Do we need a NEWS update for this change? >> 18.11.1 should not have any user-visible changes from the OVS >> point of view, however upcoming 18.11.2 will have in case we'll >> merge vhost destroy_connection related patch. The questions are: >> Are we going to add stable release updates to NEWS? > We can, if people think it's of use. It's now mentioned in the release notes > of 18.11.1 that OVS DPDK was validated, so adding an entry into NEWS for the > next OVS dot release could help push users to use the correct DPDK to OVS > release mapping. To date we still see users on xx.yy.0 LTS releases which I'd > like to encourage to move on.
OK. Sounds good. > >> Do we need to mention stable releases that has no direct impact >> on OVS itself? > If it has no impact then we can just add an item into NEWS saying it's been > validated and is supported. OK. > If there is a known impact then we should detail the nature of that impact, > typically NEWS has an entry of 'various bug fixes' or something to that > effect, are you thinking we should provide specifics of the bug fix that > affects users as part of NEWS from now on? I don't see the harm once we are > aware of it. Yes, we can do that. Another option: * If there is no visible impact on OVS --> mention that new stable release validated. * If there is some impact (feature depends on a bug fix in a new stable DPDK) --> bump the minimal supported DPDK version. Like this: NEWS: * DPDK: - OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.1 which is recommended to use. * DPDK: - DPDK 18.11.2 is a new minimal supported version. - DPDK 18.11.1 and lower is no longer supported. The key point here is that we relay on bug fixes in a new stable DPDK and able to merge new functionality/fixes that depends on them in OVS. Thoughts? Best regards, Ilya Maximets. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
