Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] baseband: fix drivers API

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

07/10/2020 12:52, Maxime Coquelin:
> On 10/7/20 12:29 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 07/10/2020 12:12, Maxime Coquelin:
> >> On 10/7/20 12:09 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>> 07/10/2020 10:22, Maxime Coquelin:
> >>>> On 10/6/20 9:42 PM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The series prefixes drivers APIs with rte_<drv_name>_ in
> >>>>>> order to avoid namespace pollution.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> These APIs are experimental, so no need to follow the
> >>>>>> deprecation process.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Added Fixes commit in patch description.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for applying it to your tree.
> >>>>
> >>>> I did not add Fixes tag and Cc'ed stable@dpdk.org on purpose,
> >>>> because I thought it is was not a good idea to backport API changes,
> >>>> even if this is experimental it might be annoying for the user.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thomas, do you confirm?
> >>>
> >>> Absolutely: API must not change in a stable branch.
> >>>
> >>> If an API is changed, it must be in the release notes.
> >>
> >> Ok, even for experimental APIs? I thought not.
> > 
> > Yes, experimental means it can change in the main branch
> > without prior notice. But it must be noted when it's changed.
> 
> Ok, do you want me to send add-on patches that you will squash when
> pulling Akhil's branch?

Yes please