Minutes 30 January 2020
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Agenda:
* Release Dates
* -rc1 status
* Subtrees
* OvS
* Opens
Participants:
* Debian/Microsoft
* Intel
* Mellanox
* NXP
* Red Hat
Release Dates
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* v20.02 dates:
* -rc2 pushed to *Wednesday 5 February 2020*
* -rc3 Monday 10 February 2020
* Release pushed to *Wednesday 19 February 2020*
* Release pushed because of extended PRC holidays
* v20.05 dates:
* Proposal/V1: Friday 6 March 2020
* Integration/Merge/RC1: Friday 10 April 2020
* Release: Friday 1 May 2020
-rc1 Status
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* No new major/critical issue reported
Subtrees
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* main
* Windows patches waiting for new version, if they are ready they can be
merged to -rc2
* Will merge more patches this afternoon and tomorrow
* ABI tooling will be ready for -rc2
* meter library breaks the ABI and needs fixing before release
* next-net
* Nothing interesting, mostly fixes for -rc2
* There is a big mlx patchset in the queue, mlx tree will be ready
today/tomorrow
* mlx vdpa patchset is waiting for review from Maxime
* next-net-crypto
* armv8 crypto patch merged
* Vilademir send a new version for SAD patchset which reduces the performance
drop
* SAD patch discussed in techboard, functionality has priority in sample
applications, so patchset can proceed with existing performance drop.
* CPU crypto will be reviewed if there is enough time, -rc2 being pushed may
provide required time for review and if it is ready it will be considered
for -rc2
* There is an ABI break in crypto tree, waiting input from Fiona, will try to
solve it, if not will revert the commit causing it
* next-net-eventdev
* no update
* next-net-virtio
* Will get fixes for -rc2
* virtio vdpa postponed to next release
* LTS
* 17.11.10-rc1 released, please test and report results
* https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/154915.html
* Got test results from Intel, Red Hat & Mellanox
* QAT regression reported by Intel testing, need help from developers
* mlx reported regressions, needs more details
* Will wait two more week for above issues clarified
* Rough release date is mid February
* 18.11.6-rc2 released, please test and report results
* https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-January/155132.html
* It has been confirmed regressions reported in -rc1 fixed in -rc2
* OvS completed testing with -rc2, no issue found
* Release expected sometime this week
OvS
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* Validated LTS releases, they are good to go
* 2.13 release expected on mid February
Opens
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* Coverity run last week, there are outstanding issues, please check:
https://scan.coverity.com/projects/dpdk-data-plane-development-kit?tab=overview
* John sent email to individuals whose patch causing a Coverity issue
But everyone is welcome to fix the issues listed
* For information, icc compiler support reduced by technical board, warning
disabling will be done in global level and having warnings will be allowed
DPDK Release Status Meetings
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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 Thursdays at 8:30 UTC. If you wish to attend just
send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>" for the invite.
