[PATCH] doc: postpone deprecation of pipeline legacy API

[Suresh Narayane, Harshad]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 8:42 PM
To: dev at dpdk.org
Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; Nicolau, Radu <radu.nicolau at intel.com>; R, Kamalakannan <kamalakannan.r at intel.com>; Suresh Narayane, Harshad <harshad.suresh.narayane at intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: postpone deprecation of pipeline legacy API

Postpone the deprecation of the legacy pipeline, table and port library API and gradual stabilization of the new API.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 21 +++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index fb771a0305..56ef906cdb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -145,19 +145,16 @@ Deprecation Notices
   In the absence of such interest, this library will be removed in DPDK 23.11.
 
 * pipeline: The pipeline library legacy API (functions rte_pipeline_*)
-  will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07 release and removed in DPDK 23.11 release.
-  The new pipeline library API (functions rte_swx_pipeline_*)
-  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
-  starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
+  will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
+  Before this, the new pipeline library API (functions 
+ rte_swx_pipeline_*)  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
 
 * table: The table library legacy API (functions rte_table_*)
-  will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07 release and removed in DPDK 23.11 release.
-  The new table library API (functions rte_swx_table_*)
-  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
-  starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
+  will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
+  Before this, the new table library API (functions rte_swx_table_*)  
+ will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
 
 * port: The port library legacy API (functions rte_port_*)
-  will be deprecated in DPDK 23.07 release and removed in DPDK 23.11 release.
-  The new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)
-  will gradually transition from experimental to stable status
-  starting with DPDK 23.07 release.
+  will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
+  Before this, the new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)  
+ will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
--
2.34.1

Acked-by: Harshad Narayane <harshad.suresh.narayane at intel.com>