From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AAEE6A5B for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 14:53:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 07 Jun 2016 05:53:11 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.26,433,1459839600"; d="scan'208";a="982525573" Received: from irsmsx153.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.75]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 07 Jun 2016 05:53:04 -0700 Received: from irsmsx103.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.240]) by IRSMSX153.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.9.105]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 13:53:03 +0100 From: "Mcnamara, John" To: Matthew Hall CC: dev , Christian Ehrhardt , Markos Chandras , Panu Matilainen Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support Thread-Index: AdG9qZjkO0DgyHDnRPC8xMkMMP+0dQAEiowAAL/hP4A= Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 12:53:02 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20160603181710.GA13454@mhcomputing.net> In-Reply-To: <20160603181710.GA13454@mhcomputing.net> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ctpclassification: CTP_IC x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiOWQ2MTM4ZWQtMWEyZC00NmZjLTlhOTYtN2VmYmIwYjQzODA4IiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX0lDIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE1LjkuNi42IiwiVHJ1c3RlZExhYmVsSGFzaCI6Iks4MkgrQ3NaXC8ydG5uYUkxdThaaG1GNHlhaW81NzFtaVBCcFVcL3hneFowdz0ifQ== x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.181] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:53:13 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Hall [mailto:mhall@mhcomputing.net] > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 7:17 PM > To: Mcnamara, John > Cc: dev ; Christian Ehrhardt > ; Markos Chandras ; > Panu Matilainen > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] RFC: DPDK Long Term Support >=20 > > > > What changes should not be backported > > ------------------------------------- > > > > * API or ABI breaking changes. >=20 > I think this part needs some adjusting. >=20 > It seems like there should be allowance for bug fixes where the original > does break ABI but it is possible to make a version that doesn't. >=20 > A lot of DPDK bug fixes I see would fall into this category and it isn't > discussed. Hi Matthew, Agreed, we should allow fix to be backported even if the patch itself canno= t be, for ABI reasons. John