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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stephen@networkplumber.org,
	bruce.richardson@intel.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com,
	konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, jerinj@marvell.com,
	olivier.matz@6wind.com, nhorman@tuxdriver.com,
	maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, john.mcnamara@intel.com,
	marko.kovacevic@intel.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com,
	ktraynor@redhat.com, aconole@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/4] doc: changes to abi policy introducing major abi versions
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:50:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4306711.lZEasSuxhK@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1569603283-1857-1-git-send-email-mdr@ashroe.eu>

27/09/2019 18:54, Ray Kinsella:
> TL;DR abbreviation:
> A major ABI version that all DPDK releases during a one year period
> support. ABI versioning is managed at a project-level, in place of library-level
> management. ABI changes to add new features are permitted, as long as ABI
> compatibility with the major ABI version is maintained.
> 
> Detail:
> This patch introduces major ABI versions, supported for one year and released
> aligned with the LTS release. This ABI version is then supported by all
> subsequent releases within that one year period. The intention is that the one
> year support period, will then be reviewed after the initial year with the
> intention of lengthing the support period for the next ABI version.

For the record, I would prefer a v7 saying it is a fixed period of time,
being one year at first and should be longer next.
Please don't state "supported for one year", which can be understood as a general truth.

> ABI changes that preserve ABI compatibility with the major ABI version are
> permitted in subsequent releases. ABI changes, follow similar approval rules as
> before with the additional gate of now requiring technical board approval. The
> merging and release of ABI breaking changes would now be pushed to the
> declaration of the next major ABI version.
> 
> This change encourages developers to maintain ABI compatibility with the major
> ABI version, by promoting a permissive culture around those changes that
> preserve ABI compatibility. This approach begins to align DPDK with those
> projects that declare major ABI versions (e.g. version 2.x, 3.x) and support
> those versions for some period, typically two years or more.
> 
> To provide an example of how this might work in practice:
> 
>  * DPDK v20 is declared as the supported ABI version for one year, aligned with
>    the DPDK v19.11 (LTS) release. All library sonames are updated to reflect the
>    new ABI version, e.g. librte_eal.so.20, librte_acl.so.20...
>  * DPDK v20.02 .. v20.08 releases are ABI compatible with the DPDK v20 ABI. ABI
>    changes are permitted from DPDK v20.02 onwards, with the condition that ABI
>    compatibility with DPDK v20 is preserved.
>  * DPDK v21 is declared as the new supported ABI version for two years, aligned
>    with the DPDK v20.11 (LTS) release. The DPDK v20 ABI is now depreciated,
>    library sonames are updated to v21 and ABI compatibility breaking changes may
>    be introduced.

OK I agree with these explanations.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-21  9:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-27 16:54 Ray Kinsella
2019-09-27 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/4] doc: separate versioning.rst into version and policy Ray Kinsella
2019-10-01 12:50   ` Hemant Agrawal
2019-10-01 13:19     ` Ray Kinsella
2019-10-21  9:53   ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-10-25 11:36     ` Ray Kinsella
2019-09-27 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/4] doc: changes to abi policy introducing major abi versions Ray Kinsella
2019-10-15 15:11   ` David Marchand
2019-10-25 11:43     ` Ray Kinsella
2019-10-24  0:43   ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-10-25  9:10     ` Ray Kinsella
2019-10-28 10:02       ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-10-25 12:45     ` Ray Kinsella
2019-09-27 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/4] doc: updates to versioning guide for " Ray Kinsella
2019-09-27 16:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/4] doc: add maintainer for abi policy Ray Kinsella
2019-10-21  9:50 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2019-10-21 10:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/4] doc: changes to abi policy introducing major abi versions Ray Kinsella
2019-10-21 14:38     ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-10-22  8:12       ` Ray Kinsella

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