From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
To: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"thomas@monjalon.net" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:18:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171212201823.GC1047@hmswarspite.think-freely.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B27915DBBA3421428155699D51E4CFE23EE22EEA@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com>
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 02:33:13PM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Horman [mailto:nhorman@tuxdriver.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 7:36 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: thomas@monjalon.net; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>;
> > Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCHv3 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging
> >
> > Hey all-
> > A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that, when reviewing
> > patches I would frequently complain about ABI changes that were actually
> > considered safe because they were part of the EXPERIMENTAL api set. John
> > M. asked me then what I might do to improve the situation, and the
> > following patch set is a proposal that I've come up with.
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> Thanks for this and apologies in advance for making more work for you but
> it would be good to have a short section in the Contributors Guide on how
> to add/check experimental APIs. I think the information in this cover
> letter could be repurposed along with a few code and shell examples.
>
> Probably as a new high level section in the Contributors Guides:
>
> http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/index.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
Thats ok, I was actually trying to think of where to add documentation for this
thing, but couldnt find a really appropriate place. I'll add that in and
repost.
Neil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-12 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-01 18:56 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH " Neil Horman
2017-12-01 18:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] buildtools: Add tool to check EXPERIMENTAL api exports Neil Horman
2017-12-01 18:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] compat: Add __experimental macro Neil Horman
2017-12-01 18:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] dpdk: add __experimental tag to appropriate api calls Neil Horman
2017-12-01 18:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] Makefiles: Add experimental tag check and warnings to trigger on use Neil Horman
2017-12-08 17:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging Neil Horman
2017-12-08 17:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 1/4] buildtools: Add tool to check EXPERIMENTAL api exports Neil Horman
2017-12-08 17:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 2/4] compat: Add __experimental macro Neil Horman
2017-12-08 17:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 3/4] Makefiles: Add experimental tag check and warnings to trigger on use Neil Horman
2017-12-11 11:35 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-12-11 12:40 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-11 12:45 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-12-11 18:44 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-08 17:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv2 4/4] dpdk: add __experimental tag to appropriate api calls Neil Horman
2017-12-11 19:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging Neil Horman
2017-12-11 19:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 1/4] buildtools: Add tool to check EXPERIMENTAL api exports Neil Horman
2017-12-11 19:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 2/4] compat: Add __experimental macro Neil Horman
2017-12-11 19:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 3/4] Makefiles: Add experimental tag check and warnings to trigger on use Neil Horman
2017-12-11 19:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 4/4] dpdk: add __experimental tag to appropriate api calls Neil Horman
2017-12-12 14:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging Bruce Richardson
2017-12-30 17:15 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-04 12:56 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-05 14:08 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-05 16:00 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-09 1:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-ci] " Neil Horman
2018-01-09 9:20 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-09 12:36 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-19 15:44 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-12 14:33 ` [dpdk-dev] " Mcnamara, John
2017-12-12 20:18 ` Neil Horman [this message]
2017-12-12 15:11 ` Wiles, Keith
2017-12-12 20:14 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-13 15:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 " Neil Horman
2017-12-13 15:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 1/5] buildtools: Add tool to check EXPERIMENTAL api exports Neil Horman
2018-01-21 18:31 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-21 22:07 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-13 15:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 2/5] compat: Add __experimental macro Neil Horman
2018-01-21 18:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-12-13 15:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 3/5] Makefiles: Add experimental tag check and warnings to trigger on use Neil Horman
2018-01-11 20:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-11 20:50 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-12 11:49 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-12 12:44 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-21 18:54 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-22 1:34 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-21 18:50 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-22 1:19 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-13 15:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 4/5] dpdk: add __experimental tag to appropriate api calls Neil Horman
2018-01-11 20:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-11 21:24 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-12 11:50 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-12 14:25 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-12 15:53 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-12-13 15:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 5/5] doc: Add ABI __experimental tag documentation Neil Horman
2017-12-13 15:32 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-01-11 20:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-11 21:29 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-12 11:50 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-12 14:37 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-12 15:55 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-01-13 0:28 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-13 15:56 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-14 14:36 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-14 16:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-21 20:14 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-12-13 15:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging Bruce Richardson
2017-12-21 14:21 ` Neil Horman
2017-12-30 19:20 ` Luca Boccassi
2017-12-31 1:57 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] " Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [[PATCH v5] 1/5] buildtools: Add tool to check EXPERIMENTAL api exports Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [[PATCH v5] 2/5] compat: Add __rte_experimental macro Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [[PATCH v5] 3/5] Makefiles: Add experimental tag check and warnings to trigger on use Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [[PATCH v5] 4/5] dpdk: add __rte_experimental tag to appropriate api calls Neil Horman
2018-01-22 1:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [[PATCH v5] 5/5] doc: Add ABI __experimental tag documentation Neil Horman
2018-01-23 10:35 ` Mcnamara, John
2018-01-29 21:42 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-29 21:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-30 15:54 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-30 16:15 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-01-31 12:18 ` Neil Horman
2018-01-31 12:36 ` Thomas Monjalon
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