[Ofvwg] [ANNOUNCE] Open Fabrics Verbs Working Group (OFVWG) meeting tomorrow - 9/13/2016 at 11:00PDT

[Liran Liss]

> From: Liran Liss
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 6:05 PM

> Agenda items:
> - Repositories
> - Code submission and mailing lists
> - Release process
> - Schedules
> - Other?
> 

Meeting notes:
- There is a general agreement to consolidate rdma user-space components into a single repo.
- In addition to shared libraries and provides, it seems that tools like srp-tools should also be included. Ibdiagnet may also be considered, but OpenSM does not seem to be suitable.
- Source should include all providers and libraries and all components are built
- Security patches should be applied immediately on master branch. No need to release with specific tag. Distros may cherry-pick such patches.
- Code submission options for co-maintainers:
-- Ack patches on mailing list, and core maintainer team would apply directly
-- Apply patches on local clone, send pull request
-- Direct right access
* Selected option depends on patch volume and maintainer preference.
- Releases will be synchronized with kernel schedules
-- Latest tree will be released with no delays
- Future work will include:
-- Travis CI integration
-- Open build systems
-- Distro backporting as a community effort
- Project will be hosted on github.com/linux-rdma organization
-- Doug Ledford was accepted to be the main project maintainer
-- Core services will be supported by maintainer teams to ensure continuous progress and availability
--- Doug/Yishai will be responsible for libibverbs
--- Sean/TBD will be responsible for librdmacm
--- Jason/TBD will be responsible for the build system
- The intention is to conduct the first release with Linux-4.9
-- We need to target starting the process towards the beginning of the nearest merge window (2-3 weeks)
-- Doug to advertise when the project git it ready
-- Jason to synchronize initial repo and complete integration gaps
-- Doug/Leon/Jason to workout component repos
-- Afterwards, all patches should go into the project main/component git repos