[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] abi: document reasons behind the three part versioning

Ray Kinsella mdr at ashroe.eu
Tue May 5 10:07:16 CEST 2020



On 04/05/2020 22:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 23/04/2020 12:12, Ray Kinsella:
>> Clarify the reasons behind the three part version numbering scheme.
>> Documents the fixes made in f26c2b3.
> 
> Please add these lines:
> Fixes: f26c2b39b271 ("build: fix soname info for 19.11 compatibility")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>
>> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>> ---
>> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
>> +   lengthening the stability period. Additional implementation detail can be
>> +   found in the :ref:`release notes <20_05_abi_changes>`.
> 
> The three part version was done in 20.02.
> I think you should update the 20.02 release notes instead of 20.05.
> 

I agreed, 
However I didn't think that was possible on a quarterly, after the release was formally complete.
Wouldn't that involve either a respin or a .1 ?

Ray K


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