Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] Experimental/internal libraries cleanup

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

+Cc maintainers of the problematic libraries:
	- librte_fib
	- librte_rib
	- librte_gro
	- librte_member
	- librte_rawdev

26/06/2020 10:16, David Marchand:
> Following discussions on the mailing list and the 05/20 TB meeting, here
> is a series that drops the special versioning for non stable libraries.
> 
> Two notes:
> 
> - RIB/FIB library is not referenced in the API doxygen index, is this
>   intentional?

Vladimir please, could you fix the miss in the doxygen index?

> - I inspected MAINTAINERS: librte_gro, librte_member and librte_rawdev are
>   announced as experimental while their functions are part of the 20
>   stable ABI (in .map files + no __rte_experimental marking).
>   Their fate must be discussed.

I would suggest removing EXPERIMENTAL flag for gro, member and rawdev.
They are probably already considered stable for a lot of users.
Maintainers, are you OK to follow the ABI compatibility rules
for these libraries? Do you feel these libraries are mature enough?