Re: [PATCH 3/3] eal: deprecate pthread control thread create API

[Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 01:18:05PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon,  5 Dec 2022 12:24:28 -0800
> Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > +
> > +* eal: The function ``rte_ctrl_thread_create`` will be removed and
> > +  replaced by the new ``rte_control_thread_create``api, continuing the
> > +  effort to decouple eal from platform-specific thread implementations.
> 
> If you want to change this (which is a good idea)
> then mark the function with __rte_deprecated now, and cleanup all the examples
> and test programs please.

i would like to mark it deprecated now but it seems the policy governing
abi replacement prevent me from doing so.

```
3.3.3. New API replacing previous one
If a new API proposed functionally replaces an existing one, when the
new API becomes non-experimental then the old one is marked with
__rte_deprecated. Deprecated APIs are removed completely just after the
next LTS.
```

as i interpreted this i am not permitted to mark the old api
__rte_deprecated until the new api is no longer marked
__rte_experimental.

of course i'm happy to skip marking the new api __rte_experimental if
people find that a satisfactory solution?

let me know.