From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] docs: Add ABI documentation Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:24:52 +0000 Message-ID: <20141229162451.GD28490@sivswdev02.ir.intel.com> References: <1419109299-9603-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <1419349913-21674-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <1419349913-21674-4-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: Neil Horman Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1419349913-21674-4-git-send-email-nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:51:53AM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > Adding a document describing rudimentary ABI policy and adding notice space for > any deprecation announcements > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman > CC: Thomas Monjalon > CC: "Richardson, Bruce" > --- > 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 > Acked-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy