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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: Proposed schedule dates for DPDK 17.08,
	17.11 and 18.02
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 22:29:54 +0200
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No comment?

So the next dates will be
	17.08
		Proposal deadline: May 28
		Integration deadline: June 29
		Release: August 1
	17.11
		Proposal deadline: August 25, 2017
		Integration deadline: September 29, 2017
		Release: November 2, 2017
	18.02
		Proposal deadline: November 24, 2017
		Integration deadline: January 5, 2018
		Release: February 2, 2018


17/05/2017 15:02, Thomas Monjalon:
> Hi,
> 
> 04/05/2017 18:52, Mcnamara, John:
> > The current 17.08 schedule dates are:
> > 
> >     17.08
> >         * Proposal deadline:    May      28, 2017
> >         * Integration deadline: June     29, 2017
> >         * Release:              August    1, 2017
> 
> I think these dates are good and must be strictly respected.
> It would be very bad (at least for me) to release later in August.
> 
> > The following are proposed dates for 17.11 and 18.02.
> > 
> >     17.11
> >         * Proposal deadline:    August    25, 2017
> 
> As we can see in the following picture [1],
> we work less in August and tend to send the proposals at the last minute.
> [1] https://s12.postimg.org/g9uluz9u5/patchesv1.png
> I don't know what can be done to avoid having hard days of reviews
> after the August deadline.
> Should we cut this period before or let a bit more days?
> 
> >         * Integration deadline: September 29, 2017
> >         * Release:              November   2, 2017
> 
> I'm OK for these ones.
> 
> >     18.02
> >         * Proposal deadline:    November  24, 2017
> >         * Integration deadline: December  29, 2017
> 
> The Christmas / New Year holidays will be from Dec 25 to Jan 1.
> I think we could move the integration deadline to Jan 5.
> 
> >         * Release:              February   2, 2018
> 
> The Chinese Spring Festival will be from Feb 15 to 21.
> So we have a good margin.
> 
> > These dates need to be discussed/agreed in the community since there are a
> > lot of different holidays in these periods: August holidays, Christmas,
> > New Year, Spring Festival.