[PATCH] doc: announce new major ABI version
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Jul 28 16:29:46 CEST 2023
The next DPDK release 23.11 won't keep ABI compatibility.
Only the changes impacting the users should be announced in advance.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 91ac8f0229..55e4b2253e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
ABI and API Deprecation
=======================
-See the guidelines document for details of the :doc:`ABI policy
-<../contributing/abi_policy>`. API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted
-here.
+See the guidelines document for details
+of the :doc:`ABI policy <../contributing/abi_policy>`.
+
+With DPDK 23.11, there will be a new major ABI version: 24.
+It means that during the development of 23.11, it will be allowed
+to add new items in a struct or enum involving ABI compatibility breakage.
+
+Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
-------------------
--
2.41.0
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