[PATCH] doc: postpone deprecation of pipeline legacy API

[David Marchand]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 5:13 PM Cristian Dumitrescu
<cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

v24.11 dev is in progress.
Time to drop deprecated API in those libraries?


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David Marchand