On 10/7/20 12:29 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 07/10/2020 12:12, Maxime Coquelin:
>> On 10/7/20 12:09 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> 07/10/2020 10:22, Maxime Coquelin:
>>>> On 10/6/20 9:42 PM, Akhil Goyal wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The series prefixes drivers APIs with rte_<drv_name>_ in
>>>>>> order to avoid namespace pollution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These APIs are experimental, so no need to follow the
>>>>>> deprecation process.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Added Fixes commit in patch description.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for applying it to your tree.
>>>>
>>>> I did not add Fixes tag and Cc'ed sta...@dpdk.org on purpose,
>>>> because I thought it is was not a good idea to backport API changes,
>>>> even if this is experimental it might be annoying for the user.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas, do you confirm?
>>>
>>> Absolutely: API must not change in a stable branch.
>>>
>>> If an API is changed, it must be in the release notes.
>>
>> Ok, even for experimental APIs? I thought not.
>
> Yes, experimental means it can change in the main branch
> without prior notice. But it must be noted when it's changed.
>
>
>
Ok, do you want me to send add-on patches that you will squash when
pulling Akhil's branch?
