[ovs-dev] [branch-2.7 1/2] Set release date for 2.7.1.

[Stokes, Ian]

> > On Jul 3, 2017, at 3:22 AM, Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a small documentation and travis patch that I would like to see
> get into 2.7.1.
> >
> > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/778288/
> >
> > It just updates the docs and travis to point to DPDK 16.11.2 instead of
> 16.11.1, it's quite minimal.
> >
> > Would it be possible to have this as part of the 2.7.1 branch?
> 
> Does this cause any sort of upgrade issues for people going from 2.7.0 to
> 2.7.1?  I wouldn't normally expect to see that in a bug fix release, but I
> don't know how the DPDK dependencies work.  I don't feel confident enough
> to review the patch.  If you can get an acked-by and don't think it will
> cause any problems, I'll get it merged.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Justin
Hi Justin,

DPDK upgrades such as 16.11.1 to 16.11.2 consist of bug fixes only in DPDK, no api/abi changes so DPDK will work as before for OVS. I'll put a request for review to see if we can get this in as it is the latest DPDK we'd like to point customers to.

Thanks
Ian