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Open Source Deep Packet Inspection Software Toolkit
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New releases scheduling #2520

Open IvanNardi opened 3 months ago

IvanNardi commented 3 months ago

nDPI releases have always been cut approximately every 6-9 months. As reported by @lucaderi (https://www.ntop.org/ndpi/released-ndpi-4-10-421-protocols-55-flow-risks-several-improvements-getting-ready-for-fpc/) there were some discussions recently to change that and provide a new release more frequently with some kind of hard scheduling (i.e. a new release every X months), similar to what other projects (linux kernel, ubuntu, DPDK, ...) are doing.

The idea is to make a new release every 4 months with a roadmap like: 01/12/2024, 01/04/2025,...

That is a tradeoff between providing frequent updates and the cost of cutting a release.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

mmanoj commented 3 months ago

@IvanNardi

Thank for opening this discussion, lets focus to prepare some priority list/enhancements, based on that we can bucket them in to future releases.Hope this make sense.

IvanNardi commented 2 months ago

Pinging @utoni, @0xA50C1A1, @aouinizied, @vel21ripn, @dsokoloski, @koltiradw

dsokoloski commented 2 months ago

@IvanNardi

My apologies for not seeing this sooner!

I love the idea of a more structured (eg: 4 month cycle), and rapid release schedule. The project activity, number of commits, new features, bug fixes, dissectors, etc. is IMHO high enough to support a faster release schedule.

Thumbs up from Team Netify!

...and if we can collaborate in anyway, please let me know.

mmanoj commented 2 months ago

@IvanNardi and all Participants

Can we create the agenda/wish list we can address with next roadmap.From my side I'm adding following. 1.VPN and Anonymize/proxy detection in encrypted traffic with ML/DL, 2.Adding more popular services and protocols (we can create list later) 3.Adding more detection techniques / algorithms with AI/ML

IvanNardi commented 2 months ago

This discussion is more about the (new) scheduling of the new releases. Anyway, I think having some kind of public non-binding roadmap/"wish-list" for each release is a very good idea! I'll open a dedicated issue for tracking that.

I renamed this issue to make it clearer

mmanoj commented 2 months ago

@IvanNardi

Thanks for the advice, Will update the Roadmap discussion.