On 26/04/2019 12:07, Ilya Maximets wrote: > 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. >
Good idea, +1 >> >>> 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? > LGTM, hopefully the latter will be a rare event. > Best regards, Ilya Maximets. > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
