Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] doc: remove internal libs from release notes

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

16/10/2018 13:52, Shreyansh Jain:
> On Monday 15 October 2018 08:20 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> > These libraries has exported functions but the target of those functions
> > are not user but other libraries.
> > 
> > The version of these libraries doesn't mean much to the user so can be
> > dropped from release notes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> > ---
> > Indeed this is more a question, should we keep them or remove them?
> 
> +1 for removing them.
> At least for dpaa/fslmc perspective, I don't see any additional benefit 
> in release note. These libraries (dpaa/fslmc) are not actually 
> 'libraries' in true (read, plugability) sense :)

> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
> > -   + librte_bus_dpaa.so.2
> > -   + librte_bus_fslmc.so.2
> > -   + librte_bus_ifpga.so.2
> > -   + librte_bus_pci.so.2
> > -   + librte_bus_vdev.so.2
> > -   + librte_bus_vmbus.so.2

The ABI of bus libraries is important if you want to plug a PMD
into an older DPDK: if bus ABI has changed, you cannot.
I am for keeping them.

> > -     librte_pci.so.1

This is a true library!