Re: DPDK 17.11 LTS

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2017-10-09 at 16:01 +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 09:49:27AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 09/10/2017 03:44, Yuanhan Liu:
> > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 07:12:45PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > 06/10/2017 18:25, Luca Boccassi:
> > > > > On Fri, 2017-10-06 at 16:05 +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > At the recent DPDK 2017 Userspace in Dublin it was agreed
> > > > > > that we
> > > > > > should have a DPDK 17.11 LTS with 2 year support that would
> > > > > > run in
> > > > > > parallel with the DPDK 16.11 LTS.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > However, if order for this to happen the community will
> > > > > > have to
> > > > > > provide a maintainer, either for 17.11 LTS or for 16.11 LTS
> > > > > > (to allow
> > > > > > Yuanhan to move from 16.11 LTS maintenance to 17.11 LTS
> > > > > > maintenance).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ideally this person should come from one of the OSVs.
> > > > > > Either way if
> > > > > > we don't get a volunteer we won't have a 17.11 LTS.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Volunteers please step forward.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > John
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello John,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I was just about to write you :-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am available to volunteer. I've just got permission from
> > > > > AT&T
> > > > > management to dedicate some working hours every week to the
> > > > > project
> > > > > (this is the reason why I didn't say anything on the spot - I
> > > > > needed to
> > > > > ask first due to the time requirements).
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am fine with either 16.11 or 17.11, whichever Yuanhan
> > > > > prefers.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks a lot Luca, and welcome :)
> > > 
> > > +1 :)
> > > 
> > > > You will have to send me a public SSH key.
> > > 
> > > And we may should have a short chat, about the scripts I used for
> > > managing
> > > the stable/LTS releases.
> > > 
> > > > Yuanhan, how do you prefer to split the workload?
> > > 
> > > I'd prefer 17.11.
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > 
> > You mean that you are interested in managing 17.11 LTS yourself?
> > So Luca would become the new maintainer of 16.11 LTS?
> 
> Yes. Luca, okay to you?

Deal :-)

I'll unicast you later today with a few questions, and we can chat
about the scripts you use and everything else.

Thanks!

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi