RE: [PATCH] doc: postpone deprecation of pipeline legacy API

["Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 5:09 PM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Nicolau, Radu <radu.nicolau@intel.com>; R,
> Kamalakannan <kamalakannan.r@intel.com>; Suresh Narayane, Harshad
> <harshad.suresh.narayane@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: postpone deprecation of pipeline legacy API
> 
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 03:12:25PM +0000, Cristian Dumitrescu wrote:
> > Postpone the deprecation of the legacy pipeline, table and port
> > library API and gradual stabilization of the new API.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 21 +++++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> 
> No objection to this, though it would be really good to get the new
> functions stabilized in 23.11 when we lock down the 24 ABI.
> 

Yes, fully agree, let's see if we can make this happen for 23.11

> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index fb771a0305..56ef906cdb 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -145,19 +145,16 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >    In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11.
> >
> >  * pipeline: The pipeline library legacy API (functions rte_pipeline_*)
> > -  will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07 release and removed in DPDK 23.11
> release.
> > -  The new pipeline library API (functions rte_swx_pipeline_*)
> > -  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
> > -  starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
> > +  will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
> > +  Before this, the new pipeline library API (functions rte_swx_pipeline_*)
> > +  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
> >
> >  * table: The table library legacy API (functions rte_table_*)
> > -  will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07 release and removed in DPDK 23.11
> release.
> > -  The new table library API (functions rte_swx_table_*)
> > -  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
> > -  starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
> > +  will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
> > +  Before this, the new table library API (functions rte_swx_table_*)
> > +  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
> >
> >  * port: The port library legacy API (functions rte_port_*)
> > -  will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07 release and removed in DPDK 23.11
> release.
> > -  The new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)
> > -  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
> > -  starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
> > +  will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
> > +  Before this, the new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)
> > +  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >