From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9B44331C; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:45:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD24402B0; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:45:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1123402AB for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:45:28 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1699890328; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=2rBlsi44m3ScJxvEnCCw9Bdw60kaPf3Rfe762FA0udM=; b=fmXNmSbfHM+AUjlRCSCxB6zNVCFt4LIA0n9/hPhJgIuc1Trjl9fYRDFyl81OKlgWIh8wYS lsbY328BznNProQamm5IhJ0QphrTrtcdEguExeWB3VHpRqe459aB99AdIdwh8qMnF12Vz6 uiL10pHTN8kldtP7g2P0qQ3JZcYu0sg= Received: from mail-pj1-f72.google.com (mail-pj1-f72.google.com [209.85.216.72]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-358-h32BCcelMISnOvsPtdKSUg-1; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:45:26 -0500 X-MC-Unique: h32BCcelMISnOvsPtdKSUg-1 Received: by mail-pj1-f72.google.com with SMTP id 98e67ed59e1d1-28016806be2so5519548a91.1 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:45:26 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1699890326; x=1700495126; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2rBlsi44m3ScJxvEnCCw9Bdw60kaPf3Rfe762FA0udM=; b=oxB6fqcfWZoeFVVw5FFcXeo76A04kqRHsBGI5qojtZvyuRJEsmkGkoTIAUCMWZPyA9 XEFIj4aG7hiABz92LxADKF7iVphRT4HPv4VjNYgLcW5Lf87w/MecDmGX+QndZunCrrTE aGZW3c7Z7lPrwC137juQW6l+p7mdsN+YwuCMUa/giqbYFx4ZR00gadWKS0nXGEItvWF0 XWse6Y2ofv0VPrP66xUuRwbW/2q/SytG8c7W2lTORPZYlQDGt7fgjzZHCnJpTqiaeNdN SLzfZgxKJgTlyhl6j8nErJdSrFcPfReZ+kIMl5ltDL04gHeLHcWQYyUzIhu834HsYwpj ZGew== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwxYICCl2AHvvsWNohggVavEEalnY5wEym+Rs/+jdVPQtL+JFtL mSxT6zMm5bTkF0EH7j8xEfbEnqmrdniIvfOCacu+6/LSkPHnTD5i6nUN+86bosws4FnDiotYH1C DxqnU0t1m22O0ky1dwrc= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:4c51:b0:280:a002:be85 with SMTP id np17-20020a17090b4c5100b00280a002be85mr10835607pjb.20.1699890325888; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:45:25 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IELlS2QtLTqwnWMw+Jl7TJiPKB+ZLF2Odo/gj3bXWE3Ma0bjgj3FYfJrqJzcNl97T9mBGXMUtnWn5rLE6kyyjs= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:4c51:b0:280:a002:be85 with SMTP id np17-20020a17090b4c5100b00280a002be85mr10835577pjb.20.1699890325500; Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:45:25 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230808173527.186042-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20231024025422.126021-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> In-Reply-To: <20231024025422.126021-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> From: David Marchand Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:45:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/25] Promote 22.11 and older API's to stable To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 4:54=E2=80=AFAM Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Since 23.11 is an LTS release it is time to remove the experimental > bandaid off many API's. There are about 890 API's marked with experimenta= l > on current main branch. This addresses the easy to remove ones and > gets it down to about 510 places. > > The rule is any API that has been in since 22.11 needs to have > experimental removed (or have API deleted). The experimental flag is not = a > "get out of ABI stability for free" card There is no such rule. And I think some libraries do keep the experimental tag for good reasons. The topic of such a rule is to be discussed in a later techboard meeting. In any case, there is enough acks on this series. I fixed the lib/node patch, sorted version.map files content and removed inclusion of rte_compat as I had requested in a previous revision. Series applied thanks. --=20 David Marchand