From patchwork Fri Jul 28 15:18:40 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Monjalon X-Patchwork-Id: 129722 X-Patchwork-Delegate: thomas@monjalon.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Delivered-To: patchwork@inbox.dpdk.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E34942F6C; Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:21:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 723244114B; Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:21:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42624021E for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:21:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882B35C00B7; Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:21:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:21:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:date:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1690557664; x= 1690644064; bh=0huSMyk+0Fqo78UGFOH5L+Rw4f29EdQv1i3JdO5oV3w=; b=S DfM20ROc+9SMo+LmpB7PShx3Jo2nWyWRFm6bqDCPIXts1J6Q5W0/iQGtaawqxnOP IycezJyYCyUxQq3SzdGtte/0r4bUwssZOCb3LpsbhwbInFjQae4U+WtkH+/cOd6/ xu1rMsgGu37mEEONSmAXZgYAGdx1lJ+x1i29bLhaPM8nj2iRO5OTa5Jm3HRnLSBB K+6e4QRs+J5/q/AAGm+QIywrs2HcPov72Oc5ilBTMiDJscY9OJlofva2r0SAN5Ht N39wRju6/BJI8LNyJZspP/x9PggJRQ0GLJZYAV6JO4VbkMfdI2iElqcibx801dCX Z4x/ZniCwOYlRendKkLzQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender :subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1690557664; x=1690644064; bh=0 huSMyk+0Fqo78UGFOH5L+Rw4f29EdQv1i3JdO5oV3w=; b=UgqjZOpZZP2J2R7hI ycfe0rI4sjC3Nv0wTbQsog8VaY5xo1WyMDfkVF+7GRrF6JDpmlzwEe/mUJGPqbfk Pk3syMB1Bv9LupLVe3yUoTtevIi244bIOrre9p1JzwZJpn2sX3AESd2vL8pphtZf aGIT8CzIt1DDpBfRoromolY5yKupsdNolPKMd1fw4FpDklfg4AOU1ehXA+I6wGwa AjQtyM9/BWlT7Q60puEJH2UlHvTYsKx41OawFycJNHAM6CFVo3KknoQ+Ax+1nMpC 9OxZ77ds2DFuR7LL/ucT5aGFxSJUeWlPWhDPnKpPtXACJyIVijO7/N75Gku4x20+ SaLMA== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedviedrieeigdekhecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhephffvufffkffojghfggfgsedtkeertd ertddtnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgrshcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehm ohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepvdehgfeivdejgedtveehfe fhteelfefgieevgfffveefjeegtdfguedthedtgeevnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgep tdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnh gvth X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:21:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: dev@dpdk.org Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: announce new major ABI version Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:18:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20230728152052.1204486-1-thomas@monjalon.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.41.0 In-Reply-To: <20230728142946.1201459-1-thomas@monjalon.net> References: <20230728142946.1201459-1-thomas@monjalon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org The next DPDK release 23.11 won't keep ABI compatibility. Only the changes impacting the users should be announced in advance. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon Acked-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: Morten Brørup --- v2: improve wording (thanks Bruce) --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 91ac8f0229..18281d7304 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ ABI and API Deprecation ======================= -See the guidelines document for details of the :doc:`ABI policy -<../contributing/abi_policy>`. API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted -here. +See the guidelines document for details +of the :doc:`ABI policy <../contributing/abi_policy>`. + +With DPDK 23.11, there will be a new major ABI version: 24. +This means that during the development of 23.11, +new items may be added to structs or enums, +even if those additions involve an ABI compatibility breakage. + +Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted below. Deprecation Notices -------------------