Minor changes to the abi policy for windows.
Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu>
---
doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst | 4 +++-
doc/guides/windows_gsg/intro.rst | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
index d0affa9..8e70b45 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ General Guidelines
maintaining ABI stability through one year of DPDK releases starting from
DPDK 19.11. This policy will be reviewed in 2020, with intention of
lengthening the stability period. Additional implementation detail can be
- found in the :ref:`release notes <20_02_abi_changes>`.
+ found in the :ref:`release notes <20_02_abi_changes>`. Please note that this
+ policy does not currently apply to the :doc:`Window build
+ <../windows_gsg/intro>`.
What is an ABI?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/intro.rst b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/intro.rst
index 58c6246..707afd3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/intro.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/intro.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ compile. Support is being added in pieces so as to limit the
overall scope
of any individual patch series. The goal is to be able to run any DPDK
application natively on Windows.
-The :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy` cannot be respected for Windows.
-Minor ABI versions may be incompatible
-because function versioning is not supported on Windows.
+The :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy` does not apply to the Windows build, as
+function versioning is not supported on Windows, therefore minor ABI versions
+may be incompatible.
--
2.7.4
