Define '__rte_deprecated' usage process. Suggests keeping old API with '__rte_deprecated' marker until next LTS.
Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> --- Cc: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> Cc: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> Cc: Yongseok Koh <ys...@mellanox.com> Cc: Neil Horman <nhor...@tuxdriver.com> --- doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst index 19af56cd2..e0edd2e20 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst @@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ added to the Release Notes: these changes. Binaries using this library built prior to version 2.1 will require updating and recompilation. +New API replacing previous one +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If a new API proposed functionally replaces an existing one, when new API becomes +active old one marked with ``__rte_deprecated`` until next LTS. In next LTS API +removed completely. + +Reminder that new API should follow deprecation process to become active. + Experimental APIs ----------------- -- 2.17.2
