[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] config: disable RTE_NEXT_ABI by default

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Oct 4 17:10:09 CEST 2018


04/10/2018 17:48, Ferruh Yigit:
> Enabling RTE_NEXT_ABI means to enable APIs that break the ABI for
> the current release and these APIs are targeted for further release.

It seems nobody is using it in last releases.

> RTE_NEXT_ABI shouldn't be enabled by default.

The reason for having it enabled by default is that when you build DPDK
yourself, you probably want the latest features.
If packaged properly for stability, it is easy to disable it in
the package recipe.





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