The next DPDK release 23.11 won't keep ABI compatibility. Only the changes impacting the users should be announced in advance.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> --- v2: improve wording (thanks Bruce) --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 91ac8f0229..18281d7304 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ ABI and API Deprecation ======================= -See the guidelines document for details of the :doc:`ABI policy -<../contributing/abi_policy>`. API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted -here. +See the guidelines document for details +of the :doc:`ABI policy <../contributing/abi_policy>`. + +With DPDK 23.11, there will be a new major ABI version: 24. +This means that during the development of 23.11, +new items may be added to structs or enums, +even if those additions involve an ABI compatibility breakage. + +Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted below. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -- 2.41.0
