[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/1] dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.1 release.

[Ian Stokes]

On 4/25/2019 11:09 AM, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> "On 24.04.2019 20:03, Ian Stokes wrote:
>> Modify travis linux build script to use the latest
>> DPDK stable release 18.11.1. Update docs for latest
>> DPDK stable releases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   .travis/linux-build.sh                   | 2 +-
>>   Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 4 ++--
>>   Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
>>   Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
>>   4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> Do we need a NEWS update for this change?
> 18.11.1 should not have any user-visible changes from the OVS
> point of view, however upcoming 18.11.2 will have in case we'll
> merge vhost destroy_connection related patch. The questions are:
> Are we going to add stable release updates to NEWS?
We can, if people think it's of use. It's now mentioned in the release 
notes of 18.11.1 that OVS DPDK was validated, so adding an entry into 
NEWS for the next OVS dot release could help push users to use the 
correct DPDK to OVS release mapping. To date we still see users on 
xx.yy.0 LTS releases which I'd like to encourage to move on.

> Do we need to mention stable releases that has no direct impact
> on OVS itself?
If it has no impact then we can just add an item into NEWS saying it's 
been validated and is supported. If there is a known impact then we 
should detail the nature of that impact, typically NEWS has an entry of 
'various bug fixes' or something to that effect, are you thinking we 
should provide specifics of the bug fix that affects users as part of 
NEWS from now on? I don't see the harm once we are aware of it.

Ian