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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] docs: Add ABI documentation
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:06:15 +0100
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Acked-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 03:23:51PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> Adding a document describing rudimentary ABI policy and adding notice space for
> any deprecation announcements
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
> CC: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> CC: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  doc/abi.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 doc/abi.txt
> 
> diff --git a/doc/abi.txt b/doc/abi.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b6dcc7d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/abi.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +ABI policy:
> +	ABI versions are set at the time of major release labeling, and ABI may
> +change multiple times between the last labeling and the HEAD label of the git
> +tree without warning
> +
> +	ABI versions, once released are available until such time as their
> +deprecation has been noted here for at least one major release cycle, after it
> +has been tagged.  E.g. the ABI for DPDK 1.8 is shipped, and then the decision to
> +remove it is made during the development of DPDK 1.9.  The decision will be
> +recorded here, shipped with the DPDK 1.9 release, and actually removed when DPDK
> +1.10 ships.
> +
> +	ABI versions may be deprecated in whole, or in part as needed by a given
> +update.
> +
> +Deprecation Notices:
> +
> -- 
> 1.9.3
>