[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce removal of interactive setup script

[Thomas Monjalon]

06/08/2020 18:23, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Thu,  6 Aug 2020 16:51:50 +0200
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > Environment configuration is the responsibility of distributions
> > or upper-level frameworks.
> > DPDK focus on documenting the requirements and some recommendations.
> > If some specific parts are complex, they can deserve some scripts.
> > 
> > Maintaining a good adaptative deployment setup is a project by itself.
> > Anyway this script was interactive, useful only for experimenters.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > Acked-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> > ---
> > v2: suggest replacing with more specific scripts
> > ---
> > +* dpdk-setup.sh: This old script relies on deprecated stuff, and especially
> > +  ``make``. Given environments are too much variables for such a simple script,
> > +  it will be removed in DPDK 20.11.
> > +  Some useful parts may be converted into specific scripts.
> 
> Do you want to add a nag at startup of dpdk-setup.sh in 20.08?
> Users don't always read the deprecation notices.

Yes we could do that if this deprecation is accepted (missing an ack).