[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 02/10] buildtools: add script for updating symbols abi version

[Thomas Monjalon]

19/11/2019 16:38, Burakov, Anatoly:
> On 19-Nov-19 2:01 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 08/11/2019 17:25, Anatoly Burakov:
> >> From: Pawel Modrak <pawelx.modrak at intel.com>
> >>
> >> Add a script that automatically merges all stable ABI's under one
> >> ABI section with the new version, while leaving experimental
> >> section exactly as it is.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Pawel Modrak <pawelx.modrak at intel.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> >> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> >> ---
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/buildtools/update_version_map_abi.py
> >> +"""
> >> +A Python program to update the ABI version and function names in a DPDK
> >> +lib_*_version.map file. Called from the buildtools/update_abi.sh utility.
> >> +"""
> > 
> > Clearly this script is doing more than updating a version number and names.
> > I already see more in the commit log.
> > Please would you like to add something in this description?
> 
> Not sure what you're referring to. That's exactly what it's doing. What 
> else is there that i'm missing?

"merges all stable ABI's under one ABI section"
"while leaving experimental section exactly as it is"

I think this needs to be in the comment at the top of the file,
so we have an introduction for the code in the rest of the file.