From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46977A00BE; Thu, 28 May 2020 16:33:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99DA1DBC6; Thu, 28 May 2020 16:33:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83B871DB9E for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 16:33:16 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: YHjkabJZ+EDp1XE9l2TRKfodKcjLC9M9FPJ2cmZ6NmGzCDSXBZ5dP4hccPHKBJ4ol7gPMx+wc1 32JeJuwkb53w== X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 28 May 2020 07:33:15 -0700 IronPort-SDR: F5BIpzp4eYED/WVkV/ZvVGxH6ElTwHF4gJhLYV5U751d5mZUpOg5Vow42unaDqcq+2ZClTPvWC EqdaP0F/qmJw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.73,445,1583222400"; d="scan'208";a="442968346" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.251.88.36]) by orsmga005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 28 May 2020 07:33:05 -0700 Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 15:33:02 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: "Eads, Gage" Cc: Thomas Monjalon , Ray Kinsella , "dev@dpdk.org" , "david.marchand@redhat.com" , "nhorman@tuxdriver.com" , "phil.yang@arm.com" , "honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com" , "olivier.matz@6wind.com" Message-ID: <20200528143302.GA924@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20200528010423.5941-1-gage.eads@intel.com> <542e46eb-9cfc-bdd5-5ed8-97565b2e7113@ashroe.eu> <2974384.dt8McJPEEZ@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] stack: remove experimental tag from API X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 02:18:32PM +0000, Eads, Gage wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas Monjalon > > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:11 AM > > To: Eads, Gage ; Ray Kinsella > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; david.marchand@redhat.com; nhorman@tuxdriver.com; > > phil.yang@arm.com; honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com; > > olivier.matz@6wind.com > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] stack: remove experimental tag from API > > > > 28/05/2020 07:46, Ray Kinsella: > > > Hi Gage, > > > > > > Do you have any idea. > > > If the change from experimental to stable symbol is likely to break anyone's > > application? > > > (are folks actively using the api with shared libraries) > > Good question. I don't have a good sense of the active users, so I'd rather play it safe. > > > > > > > If so, you _may_ consider offering a temporary alias to experimental until the > > v21 is declared at 20.11. > > > This is entirely at your discretion, see > > > https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.html (4.3.1.4) > > > > Or we can wait 20.11. > > > > That works. I have no urgency to get this into 20.08 in particular. > > > Anyway I think it deserves a comment in the release notes (API section). > > > > Ok, if there are no objections then I'll re-submit this patchset in a few months and include a release notes comment. > Or just resubmit with a 20.11 tag on it, and then mark it as "deferred" in patchwork, so it pops up automatically for disposition again at the end of the 20.08 cycle? /Bruce