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

[Thomas Monjalon]

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.