On 03.06.2013 18:29, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >> Is breaking the API a bad thing in this context? IMHO the >> initialization APIs need work before they're general enough and >> perpetually supporting the current ones seems like an unnecessary >> burden. I'm trying to understand the general guidelines of the project. >> >> (and nittily, recycling flag values is fine for static-only libs as long >> as you remove the old macro, but of course removal is the API breakage >> you mentioned) > > Yes, DPDK is a young project but breaking API should be always justified. > In this case it is not mandatory to change it.
Ok, I was writing with the premise that Stephen's patch would be accepted.
