From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 351ECA04BA; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 13:06:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732F41B62B; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 13:06:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0748A1B3F3 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 13:06:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6766B5C0045; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 07:06:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:06:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= B8HEIclxewudrS+WGwYkB6Azn/q+G4O2S+ciAWmhH68=; b=nDV3wEo9KIuPHHoq f+kqgp+gNHBC/EKGO/nnNU18gvVezJQOTEswS0ZT42AnoAb6Wgyeo84uTSY3BYFc f+zWL8pPNqJuhwymP2+LPRpsEA++sO4b9Aqx0ujyaCyGvwHHV6RR2QxckfdxVJC9 MBK00/fCTTnVmYYB2MThOEwad1F8rAUXt9R6INpvidFoGU7BrdqYBr7Oe6qa0Yr0 VC2WtF+sOJXvmkWZPHaTLKkpDa5xPPs0c47FafZ6FFgeV0+Ri9QFVeyKSffr0K3m A8nrx09xOSe3CkTEzuTmjvm3yfxYwYfawoTY3RumD+e+fEb7gyBko+VEBlGgNxQq z0o46w== 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-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=B8HEIclxewudrS+WGwYkB6Azn/q+G4O2S+ciAWmhH 68=; b=dUnxPKjSj8DqgITyp4NRQOAlE23taDktjtf5Dt9p7LFmidqqrSJuJ2XzL PRDpi0mcd5xET/1OVekHagyOGp9oZio6Bwgn9nVhZC9ejXNWRNywSP4UGtVcFqKN prGZiFwKABcYU1rgF2sR130PnObmEaM7cFyklAN8qPubnsV1zmsUMDdBj7QjcDNd YFV6qVnWxbYAJ7W/JwexawrBNNmotV+nTP9OwHmJgrNT8ijyK/TSsMpoXAUVBJ9w upMJBpgs3cPwJ39FL0V1YdOzj+VX1JbmSSxDFZ1ieEbLs24YbI9uWtEgkGBK+es7 hEucao/zxvg3lwA16lguAAm05ahyg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrgeeigdefjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdejueei iedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho nhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 836BC328006D; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 07:06:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Akhil Goyal , "nicolas.chautru@intel.com" , Maxime Coquelin Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "ferruh.yigit@intel.com" , "trix@redhat.com" , bluca@debian.org, ktraynor@redhat.com Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:06:34 +0200 Message-ID: <7703338.6VeIMyn7yT@thomas> In-Reply-To: <9ef0bb8f-9272-c0de-7d81-3223217194b5@redhat.com> References: <20201002085931.265699-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <3852206.azU2x7R5MW@thomas> <9ef0bb8f-9272-c0de-7d81-3223217194b5@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] baseband: fix drivers API 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: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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__ 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