From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BACB81B47E for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:18:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E549921F5C; Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:18:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:18:29 -0500 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=mesmtp; bh=jpKEP2kfebgNlZsFOb1GzCPvKGZvtC+CIGf24wvoTC8=; b=X2fTM/bN5Vig vLi2oe5SWCBk0BWwwZ/ev5IsBM4nNsqGjVCgFGzCuJErXs9wie3HZdAqKJOGnFhC goQK6QXkMEQLD4SD2TCxv8WZr5b4C0+RDQay0QF8BLWs5a9geM+8HdHvfs+0aQ/A Od+Yoh0Tc7JZylAwQZwRNl1Gzl4Xq+E= 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=jpKEP2kfebgNlZsFOb1GzCPvKGZvtC+CIGf24wvoT C8=; b=hkbnJakyimvWyzvG5Nus0kiRkLHPxBfV31SbNIQHihA80PDWv773DNH0r VEiL/o/a7tmJCKnc9e/C1sqATrNV5GcV8Fzpq1UBAAFVwZaWPbcay9k3/kBNTppH tHyCctqdZlqV/m1JePd2XBwGIs8tmZ92zl0O0/mTNMaoIxzHv4DFy4u3mdC3Nnib 2zzZTtoaKAzl1IlxZNf3Iq1JS2ULvUAuOpFMu3FCfDbIYvPXPEFZVDlFRc7GwIiJ tsmis9w6IBoMohS1AXjRQwECyxYfY1hArh5hzIAqoL18KvJEv/dZpm39DoGckhZI LX/7mLDqLav167TFz8ERDnvxEo+hw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtledrjeeigddutddtucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfquhhtnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucef tddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefhvffufffkjg hfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcu oehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucffohhmrghinhepughpughkrd horhhgnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhf rhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvthenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiii gvpedt 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 9AA28E4544; Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:18:28 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic , Luca Boccassi , Kevin Traynor , Yongseok Koh , Neil Horman Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:18:27 +0100 Message-ID: <3289656.GD5XrPAHiC@xps> In-Reply-To: <20190124181019.17168-2-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> References: <20190122162310.53613-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20190124181019.17168-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20190124181019.17168-2-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] doc: make RTE_NEXT_ABI optional 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:18:31 -0000 24/01/2019 19:10, Ferruh Yigit: > Initial process requires oncoming changes described in deprecation > notice should be implemented in a RTE_NEXT_ABI gated way. > > This has been discussed in technical board, and since this can cause a > multiple #ifdef blocks in multiple locations of the code, can be > confusing specially for the modifications that requires data structure > changes. Anyway this was not happening in practice. > > Making RTE_NEXT_ABI usage more optional based on techboard decision: > http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/123519.html > > The intention with using RTE_NEXT_ABI was to provide more information > to the user about planned changes, and force developer to think more in > coding level. Since RTE_NEXT_ABI become optional, now the preferred way > to do this is, if possible, sending changes, described in deprecation > notice, as a separate patch and reference it in deprecation notice. > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > Acked-by: Neil Horman Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon