While reading through [1], I couldn't understand if __rte_experimental
and EXPERIMENTAL tag removed from code and map file, respectively, are
categorized under ABI breakage or not. Thus, whether deprecation for
them should be sent or not in a release cycle for removal in subsequent
release.
Logically, EXPERIMENTAL APIs are not part of stable APIs/ABIs and hence
they don't really break an ABI. Thus, deprecation for them doesn't make
sense. (or, as Luca noted on IRC, removing experimental is like
de-deprecation :) )
On IRC, Luca pointed out that in one of the Tech Board meeting minutes
[2], this was recorded but that too has slight ambiguity to it.
Any thoughts on this? Or, was this documented somewhere other than [1]?
[1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.html
[2] https://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-October/079961.html (Section 2-b)
