[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] mempool: add in the RTE_NEXT_ABI for ABI breakages

Olivier MATZ olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Wed Mar 9 17:31:23 CET 2016


Hi David,

On 03/09/2016 05:28 PM, Hunt, David wrote:
>> Sorry, maybe I wasn't very clear in my previous messages. For me, the
>> NEXT_ABI is not the proper solution because, as Panu stated, it makes
>> the patch hard to read. My understanding of NEXT_ABI is that it should
>> only be used if the changes are small enough. Duplicating the code with
>> a big #ifdef NEXT_ABI is not an option to me either.
>>
>> So that's why the deprecation notice should be used instead. But in this
>> case, it means that this patch won't be present in 16.04, but will be
>> added in 16.07.
>>
> Sure, v4 will remove the NEXT_ABI patch , and replace it with just the
> ABI break announcement for 16.07. For anyone who what's to try out the
> patch, they can always get it from patchwork, but not as part 16.04.

I think it's better to have the deprecation notice in a separate
mail, outside of the patch series, so Thomas can just apply this
one and let the series pending for 16.07.

Thanks,
Olivier


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