[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] baseband: fix drivers API

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 10/7/20 2:05 PM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
>> 07/10/2020 13:06, Thomas Monjalon:
>>> 07/10/2020 12:52, Maxime Coquelin:
>>>> On 10/7/20 12:29 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>>>> 07/10/2020 12:12, Maxime Coquelin:
>>>>>> On 10/7/20 12:09 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>>>>>> 07/10/2020 10:22, Maxime Coquelin:
>>>>>>>> On 10/6/20 9:42 PM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The series prefixes drivers APIs with rte_<drv_name>_ in
>>>>>>>>>> order to avoid namespace pollution.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> These APIs are experimental, so no need to follow the
>>>>>>>>>> deprecation process.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Added Fixes commit in patch description.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for applying it to your tree.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I did not add Fixes tag and Cc'ed stable at dpdk.org on purpose,
>>>>>>>> because I thought it is was not a good idea to backport API changes,
>>>>>>>> even if this is experimental it might be annoying for the user.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thomas, do you confirm?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Absolutely: API must not change in a stable branch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If an API is changed, it must be in the release notes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, even for experimental APIs? I thought not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, experimental means it can change in the main branch
>>>>> without prior notice. But it must be noted when it's changed.
>>>>
>>>> Ok, do you want me to send add-on patches that you will squash when
>>>> pulling Akhil's branch?
>>>
>>> Yes please
>>
>> Better: Akhil can squash in his tree and remove the Cc: stable tag.
> 
> Sure will do that.
> 

Thanks Akhil for handling it, I just posted the release note patch.

Maxime