Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Remove abi_versioning.sh from tree

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

08/04/2020 16:34, Ray Kinsella:
> On 07/04/2020 12:58, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > I really wonder who is the real maintainer of ABI tooling and policy.
> > Neil, Ray, I was expecting a better involvement in this major
> > policy enforcement.
> 
> I missed it on the ML, was check-maintainers.sh run?
> I am just getting FYI'ed now, right?

Sorry I was probably not clear.
I am talking about all ABI discussions we have in general
on the mailing list.
Sometimes we need help with the tools, sometimes with the doc,
more often we need helping those having ABI issues or questions.
If we don't timely reply to all concerns, ABI enforcement fails.

And let's be even clearer:
I feel too many ABI concerns are managed by David and myself.


> > This is where we are:
> > 	- Neil asked first for ABI compatibility
> > 	- Neil created validate-abi.sh
> > 	- Ray asked for a strict policy
> 
> Feedback on that separately. 
> 
> > 	- Kevin worked on a new tooling
> > 	- David completed the tooling work
> > 	- David integrated ABI checks in Travis
> > 
> > There are many people partly involved.
> > I think we need one person truly involved in ABI questions,
> > someone who feels responsible and will take care of details
> > like the documentation update requested above.
> > 
> > Please don't rely on David and myself, we are already very busy
> > with making sure every patches are properly reviewed.
> > We need good help on the ABI topic in general.
> 
> Always happy to help. 

Please help in emails about ABI issues, including rte_internal marker:
	http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/?q=ABI
Thanks