On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 02:18:32PM +0000, Eads, Gage wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:11 AM > > To: Eads, Gage <gage.e...@intel.com>; Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu> > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; david.march...@redhat.com; nhor...@tuxdriver.com; > > phil.y...@arm.com; honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com; > > olivier.m...@6wind.com > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] stack: remove experimental tag from API > > > > 28/05/2020 07:46, Ray Kinsella: > > > Hi Gage, > > > > > > Do you have any idea. > > > If the change from experimental to stable symbol is likely to break > > > anyone's > > application? > > > (are folks actively using the api with shared libraries) > > Good question. I don't have a good sense of the active users, so I'd rather > play it safe. > > > > > > > If so, you _may_ consider offering a temporary alias to experimental > > > until the > > v21 is declared at 20.11. > > > This is entirely at your discretion, see > > > https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.html (4.3.1.4) > > > > Or we can wait 20.11. > > > > That works. I have no urgency to get this into 20.08 in particular. > > > Anyway I think it deserves a comment in the release notes (API section). > > > > Ok, if there are no objections then I'll re-submit this patchset in a few > months and include a release notes comment. > Or just resubmit with a 20.11 tag on it, and then mark it as "deferred" in patchwork, so it pops up automatically for disposition again at the end of the 20.08 cycle?
/Bruce
