From: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
To: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>,
Quentin Armitage <quentin@armitage.org.uk>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>,
"Xueming(Steven) Li" <xuemingl@nvidia.com>,
Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] pcapng: move timestamp calculation into pdump
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 15:59:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <042a48be-b693-45f4-f4af-0c3a28b46a9b@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFAV8yT=SYFFx2s+=5V9KmTvkzgw8wbfqh-+xxLVBGFGTSg2g@mail.gmail.com>
On 06/10/2023 10:10, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 7:13 PM Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 10:15:25 +0200
>> David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bugzilla ID: 1291 ?
>>>
>>> This patch (and patch 3) updates some pcapng API, is it worth a RN update?
>>>
>>>> Fixes: c882eb544842 ("pcapng: fix timestamp wrapping in output files")
>>>
>>> Is it worth backporting?
>>> I would say no, as some API update was needed to fix the issue.
>>> But on the other hand, this is an experimental API, so I prefer to ask.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
>>
>> Good question.
>> Is experimental API allowed to change in a stable release?
>
> I don't think this is cleary described in our ABI policy.
> An experimental API may be changed at any time, but nothing is said
> wrt backports.
>
> Breaking an API is always a pain, and for a LTS release it would
> probably be badly accepted by users.
>
yes, I agree. IIRC, this arose sometime in the past with a branch that
Luca was maintaining and I think the consensus among LTS maintainers was
not to change experimental API on stable branches.
> Cc: Kevin for his opinion.
>
> We may need a clarification on this topic in the doc.
>
>
Perhaps it's not a "rule" since experimental API comes with no
guarantee, but I can add something to the docs that it is a guideline
not to break experimental API on stable branch.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-06 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-21 4:23 [PATCH 0/4] pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-21 4:23 ` [PATCH 1/4] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-21 4:23 ` [PATCH 2/4] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-21 6:22 ` Morten Brørup
2023-09-21 7:10 ` Isaac Boukris
2023-11-07 2:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-21 4:23 ` [PATCH 3/4] pcapng: change timestamp argument to write_stats Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-21 4:23 ` [PATCH 4/4] pcapng: move timestamp calculation into pdump Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-02 8:15 ` David Marchand
2023-10-04 17:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-06 9:10 ` David Marchand
2023-10-06 14:59 ` Kevin Traynor [this message]
2023-10-05 23:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-05 23:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-05 23:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-05 23:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] pcapng: modify timestamp calculation Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-05 23:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] test: cleanups to pcapng test Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-08 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-08 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 7:34 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-08 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 7:50 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-09 15:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 16:00 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-09 17:16 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 18:22 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-08 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] pcapng: modify timestamp calculation Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 7:57 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-08 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca() Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 8:21 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-09 15:44 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 16:25 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-08 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] test: cleanups to pcapng test Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 17:34 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 17:34 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 17:34 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 18:30 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-09 17:34 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] pcapng: modify timestamp calculation Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 17:34 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca() Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 17:34 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] test: cleanups to pcapng test Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 0/5] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 20:09 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-09 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] pcapng: modify timestamp calculation Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-12 14:22 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-11-09 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca() Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-09 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] test: cleanups to pcapng test Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-13 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 0/5] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-13 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-13 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-13 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] pcapng: modify timestamp calculation Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-13 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca() Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-13 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 5/5] test: cleanups to pcapng test Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v7 0/5] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v7 1/5] pdump: fix setting rte_errno on mp error Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v7 2/5] dumpcap: allow multiple invocations Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v7 3/5] pcapng: modify timestamp calculation Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v7 4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca() Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v7 5/5] test: cleanups to pcapng test Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-22 22:42 ` [PATCH v7 0/5] dumpcap and pcapng fixes Thomas Monjalon
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