* DO NOT USE 1.6.24 (see 1.6.25 release notes)
* Upgrade to OVS 2.9.0 and DPDK 18.02
* Increase L2 and L3 scale baseline to 1024 and 2048 hosts respectively (many reductions to packet in processing, state expiry, and Prometheus export costs)
* Gauge logs port max/speed changes
* Rabbit MQ support for Pi
* Fix incorrect use of thread for Prometheus client (caused occasional data truncation)
* Gauge no longer needs empty prometheus_addr.
* Fix stacking config changes not being processed via cold start.