From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33FB61B392 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 14:54:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC78520763; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:54:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:54:05 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=3Wzg6bKMz863dnewF/CqWD3Udu KVlvDfabkPlJZ02fs=; b=lDqIc1S390sAJ8L+PuShytIziUvgJn1rIwyIJ1rt6o sly0B7af7d01c9/bF266zIIZmkAuNuQzIN2v3be2corWtIRTV4d2FP/hIO23qsaS /EZ6exBEpN1QJMwNbWqgwTem71QGXXbf1ePBxunw2UMNa9/y9UGL32FFkTF1EG71 M= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=3Wzg6b KMz863dnewF/CqWD3UduKVlvDfabkPlJZ02fs=; b=Wp2GaR8nUpJkOSTzdVlKbQ pa7ZW58b9JRksFr2MXkp4Vh53Ii1MtZWiJ/6cepHQsKDaPKerqRtoATEKUzxx5xQ 0hnB3yF3Iv48jIePeVxp+xc1J/3tgZRh3XX9Ld0sKyFMkt+kV8PAI4gMQbcKo5YZ m4B2xvliI5XPW2UvEXCF0+EPvzOLmHGajE4F0dfIt0MIkX9OVJyh0U2ODtYNnMUs I8WDnMP4LPI2bnl17ZPpLD4IDjCfoXEmbDliiTyQMvgM04aaal7zXgTbPCmEZgZV THyX/72hxfs40XS+OsiEFmzzPJCKrSp/LqJPC86XCYkhFkMbXB5UwuY+gj6X0jEg == X-ME-Sender: Received: from xps.localnet (unknown [89.248.140.13]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A0AC17E1DB; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:54:05 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "Richardson, Bruce" Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Mcnamara, John" Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 12:37:32 +0100 Message-ID: <3221240.QpuMyaO2Qa@xps> In-Reply-To: References: <20171106112806.104289-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update ABI/API policy 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:54:06 -0000 06/11/2017 15:48, Mcnamara, John: > From: Richardson, Bruce > > > > Following agreement at the DPDK Technical Board meeting of 2017-10-13 [1], > > update the documentation with the ABI/API policy changes. > > > > [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-October/079961.html > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson > > --- > > doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > > b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > > index 8d0fdb777..a1d8492a1 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > > @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ General Guidelines > > ------------------ > > > > #. Whenever possible, ABI should be preserved -#. The libraries marked in > > experimental state may change without constraint. > > +#. Libraries or APIs marked in ``experimental`` state may change without > > constraint. > > +#. New API will be marked as ``experimental`` for at least one release to > > s/API/APIs/ > > > > +APIs marked as ``experimental`` are not considered part of the ABI and > > +may change without warning at any time. Since changes to APIs are most > > +likely immediately after their introduction, as users begin to take > > +advantage of those new API and start finding issues with them, new DPDK > > s/API/APIs/ > > > > + - The acknowledgment of the maintainer of the component is mandatory, or if > > + no maintainer is available for the component, the tree/sub-tree maintainer > > + for that component must be acknowledge the ABI change instead. > > s/must be/must/ > > Apart from that: > > Acked-by: John McNamara Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Applied with suggested changes, thanks