[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: add deprecation marker usage

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

Define '__rte_deprecated' usage process.

Suggests keeping old API with '__rte_deprecated' marker until next LTS.

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
---
Cc: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Cc: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Cc: Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>

v2:
* Rephrased as commented
---
 doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst
index 19af56cd2..360238985 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ added to the Release Notes:
   these changes. Binaries using this library built prior to version 2.1 will
   require updating and recompilation.
 
+New API replacing previous one
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If a new API proposed functionally replaces an existing one, when the
+new API becomes active then the old one is marked with
+``__rte_deprecated`` until the next LTS. In the next LTS, the API is
+removed completely.
+
+Reminder that new API should follow deprecation process to become active.
+
 
 Experimental APIs
 -----------------
-- 
2.17.2