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 A9988A04BA; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 12:29:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E3A4C9D; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 12:29:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CA84C9D for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 12:29:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BCEB5C0065; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 06:29:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 07 Oct 2020 06:29:11 -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= UphzY72laYxuxA2PGXItasx9bI/g2ByGC6chOcD4Y8M=; b=cOG7O3jDsWkJG1+d zu3Cx6W0qUJ5cS+/j9AwYLBucTvN4qsVcEBbudtMiG4ORehaKAzYeJGTY1KvLZJx jXoaEHd8r4sgt/0O2urdhYQS/lA8PR+jg5nbds06ON9czThPVxk0BQwgVWbjfCMx uosLGQ1LDpLU0Vzi400HPOlm4I2O7nLEUcprcw9NuGAyH+UinboyjiACmzmPvlF1 Azg2SwVEIsbpUbj6A3zUxvY9I+mk21OcC+w3Kl5LbuOJq7MRDRXYZP3lTpdOom3h NotS7G3LLYNW5ZV+X3Cp3SSjMeRgaK34O7pEWwhT/niU6Og140AAJm+BXpW60Rl0 elZSZg== 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=UphzY72laYxuxA2PGXItasx9bI/g2ByGC6chOcD4Y 8M=; b=al/SCZZG77PULJIrs63NK3925GqQvF/deje+oPukuMC+ie8EjyIwQ/GWt Eypt5XStspnHPJ2Lj55+KdzGLGHIbeeeghVWa8g10ZHd/BJXtpRcvpya+qul6ROH EKYa41IjKTSuNG8yo3/3SDU5rA1L4Kk5T62nbsfj5fESJPXtaoiFPv+YQm/52tP6 13LtwKyv9GPZFX5Ye4QzWY9bfhOmX2HFl4mTf8919z2T0O5Ri0TGEU4zcKJnwSO8 qWmnJFm9EC7liBiGrHGguu+y5cthpzXmk8M7VMJJdQIY3m0qf7+ZslKckGceul8Q +FvLVctkWj54IRYYD16z2n6h/OOgg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrgeeigddvlecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedugefgvdefudfftdefgeelgffhueekgfffhfeujedtteeutdejueei iedvffegheenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuih iivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhho 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 662093064680; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 06:29:09 -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 12:29:08 +0200 Message-ID: <3852206.azU2x7R5MW@thomas> In-Reply-To: <3b075a8e-cf25-0dad-b638-88347adc6268@redhat.com> References: <20201002085931.265699-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <2443257.4GMkhuKzMg@thomas> <3b075a8e-cf25-0dad-b638-88347adc6268@redhat.com> 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 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.