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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: abi change announce
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:18:41 +0200
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2015-07-30 09:25, Xie, Huawei:
> Hi Thomas:
> I am doing virtio/vhost performance optimization, so there is possibly
> some change, for example to virtio or vhost virtqueue data structure.
> Do i need to announce the ABI change even if the change hasn't been
> determined?

I have no strong opinion.
It seems strange to announce something which is not known.
You may be able to introduce your change without previous notice by using
NEXT_ABI if not too invasive.

Neil, an opinion?