From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C9CAA04BA; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 13:07:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AE6F1B3F3; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 13:07:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E781B3D9 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 13:07:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC8EC5C00F0; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 07:07:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:07:49 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= AbUG96k76lPmsAPE58PLeRMBbW/u/tyIwLX1cnhIdNo=; b=GVFbsYSb4PAI+/w1 FdwJ0mByFvsIXiMi0VlWkA5u1rq0v6FqUAiAU9UJlnkO/WM7UIyQfYVuEPW+nd28 ucyhTwiR2UiXxe4TbILToQGVvj6gxTHtiJqC3MPs2hSb+oERvixnqZO/taN044OS tu1UJS1/YCCBNHZiAOphC+bQLBgEB+XbiuPcCstV8+nEz1EhPMTiASVYWJg4LPxe S96wHYlc5OHBbJIzX2dKizBaEeLnXmn7dVPvW0U23ifPH61jHjLX/8cKlV+sp/Rh sZfAFBU3ZbNOoXenIylXB20EBrI2GO6EaTTgKzxfv7wkXlTUemgDIG1Er1bOSKM4 oZdVUA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=AbUG96k76lPmsAPE58PLeRMBbW/u/tyIwLX1cnhId No=; b=ILmbpKA/Jmjq8XQ0HqTqS3xA0Y3AgE8ueeY50CqzJc+ZpzO3IviWDJjcR OEDgq1gqSIyFmBqACoEKnv8t5PdXvSuCremlCAQSJKEqLtdFfdckQ/xfQ9ksKsPb hU0poMG7JX9OKs/3YXeNMgEghCm9koe/qImP2Ro+F6nIXTJI24AfhIqcitvbbAwa xFdM96eH+AKyMIthH6WWbIn2+3UIblzCVZ2PCXeAgjr8xxfiVSwNNHV5FZh5QCV/ dzftkDsKMpIkJMWA9MPBeTHKs57m8oUszRMRZQupX2ImJOMM4Bev4H3cMBS6e5lY QpRtPuuhDQx6GN4cjYZofLvBhYA+Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrgeeigdefjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdejueei iedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgepudenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho nhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 69842306467D; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 07:07:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Akhil Goyal , "nicolas.chautru@intel.com" , Maxime Coquelin Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "ferruh.yigit@intel.com" , "trix@redhat.com" , bluca@debian.org, ktraynor@redhat.com Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:07:47 +0200 Message-ID: <29129609.Cl2SFXVxa1@thomas> In-Reply-To: <7703338.6VeIMyn7yT@thomas> References: <20201002085931.265699-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <9ef0bb8f-9272-c0de-7d81-3223217194b5@redhat.com> <7703338.6VeIMyn7yT@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] baseband: fix drivers API X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 07/10/2020 13:06, Thomas Monjalon: > 07/10/2020 12:52, Maxime Coquelin: > > On 10/7/20 12:29 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 07/10/2020 12:12, Maxime Coquelin: > > >> On 10/7/20 12:09 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > >>> 07/10/2020 10:22, Maxime Coquelin: > > >>>> On 10/6/20 9:42 PM, Akhil Goyal wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> The series prefixes drivers APIs with rte__ in > > >>>>>> order to avoid namespace pollution. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> These APIs are experimental, so no need to follow the > > >>>>>> deprecation process. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> Added Fixes commit in patch description. > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks for applying it to your tree. > > >>>> > > >>>> I did not add Fixes tag and Cc'ed stable@dpdk.org on purpose, > > >>>> because I thought it is was not a good idea to backport API changes, > > >>>> even if this is experimental it might be annoying for the user. > > >>>> > > >>>> Thomas, do you confirm? > > >>> > > >>> Absolutely: API must not change in a stable branch. > > >>> > > >>> If an API is changed, it must be in the release notes. > > >> > > >> Ok, even for experimental APIs? I thought not. > > > > > > Yes, experimental means it can change in the main branch > > > without prior notice. But it must be noted when it's changed. > > > > Ok, do you want me to send add-on patches that you will squash when > > pulling Akhil's branch? > > Yes please Better: Akhil can squash in his tree and remove the Cc: stable tag.