> On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 03:48:01PM +0000, Stokes, Ian wrote:
> > > >From: [email protected]
> > > >[mailto:[email protected]]
> > > >On Behalf Of Ian Stokes
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 1:57 PM
> > > >To: [email protected]
> > > >Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v1] docs: Use DPDK 16.11.2 stable release.
> > > >
> > > >Modify docs and travis linux build script to use the DPDK 16.11.2
> > > >stable branch to benefit from most recent bug fixes.
> > > >
> > > >Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > One comment - I see references to 16.11 in $OVS_DIR/debian/changelog
> > > and $OVS_DIR/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in.
> > >
> > > Although these weren't updated for 16.11.1, I wonder if they should
> > > have been, and consequently updated here for 16.11.2?
> > HI Mark,
> >
> > I'm not sure of those should be updated tbh, for debian it's under the
> > header of
> >
> > openvswitch (2.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
> >
> > I think it should stay as 16.11 here as that's what was initially
> supported for 2.7.0-1 I would guess.
> >
> > If a new section for 2.7.1 is added I guess we could add it there (Im
> not sure though as we haven't done this before).
> 
> debian/changelog is mostly a copy of NEWS.  It's meant to explain what
> features were added in a release.  It doesn't make sense to update old
> entries here, just as it doesn't make sense to update old entries in NEWS.
> 
> > I'd be slow to update the reference in
> > $OVS_DIR/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in as its
> >
> > BuildRequires: dpdk-devel >= 16.11
> >
> > I would think the >= takes care of moving to the latest 16.11 available
> for the distro?
> 
> That's my understanding too.

Thanks for confirming these 2 points Ben, much appreciated.

Ian
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