Clarify retention period for aliases to experimental. Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu> --- doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst index 31a9205..b1d09c7 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ The macros exported are: * ``VERSION_SYMBOL_EXPERIMENTAL(b, e)``: Creates a symbol version table entry binding versioned symbol ``b@EXPERIMENTAL`` to the internal function ``be``. The macro is used when a symbol matures to become part of the stable ABI, to - provide an alias to experimental for some time. + provide an alias to experimental until the next major ABI version. .. _example_abi_macro_usage: @@ -428,8 +428,9 @@ _____________________________ In situations in which an ``experimental`` symbol has been stable for some time, and it becomes a candidate for promotion to the stable ABI. At this time, when -promoting the symbol, maintainer may choose to provide an alias to the +promoting the symbol, the maintainer may choose to provide an alias to the ``experimental`` symbol version, so as not to break consuming applications. +This alias is then dropped in the next major ABI version. The process to provide an alias to ``experimental`` is similar to that, of :ref:`symbol versioning <example_abi_macro_usage>` described above. -- 2.7.4
