Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: scheduler API deprecation notice

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

12/08/2020 11:52, Bruce Richardson:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 02:50:57PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 10/08/2020 13:49, Trahe, Fiona:
> > > Sorry about that Thomas, Akhil, we should have chased up acks sooner. 
> > > 
> > > Given the proposed content of the patch, and the similar changes that are recommended and agreed
> > > throughout DPDK do you think an exception can be made and that this change can get into 20.11 even
> > > without the deprecation notice being in 20.08?
> > 
> > That's a question for techboard.
> > 
> > PS: please avoid top-posting
> > 
> My initial 2c is that we should allow this, and add the required
> deprecation notice to the online docs immediately. I would assume most
> people use the online docs rather than building their own from the package,
> therefore adding in a deprecation notice to the online versions a few days
> after a release should not be a major problem IMHO.
> 
> Also, given the fact that we have once-a-year at most to apply ABI
> changes, and this is the first time we are going this, so I think a little
> latitude should be given! :-)

I agree

We need more opinions from other techboard members to make it a decision.