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

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu Oct 4 17:28:27 CEST 2018


On 10/4/2018 4:10 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 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.

My concern was (if this has been used), user may get unstable APIs and without
explicitly being aware of it.


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