11/10/2017 14:41, Wiles, Keith: > > On Oct 11, 2017, at 4:36 AM, Olivier MATZ <olivier.m...@6wind.com> wrote: > > 1) ABI stability: > > - one LTS per year > > - 17.11 to be a LTS > > - every new API has the "experimental" tag > > - 3 Acks are needed for deprecation and they should come from different > > companies > > reference: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-October/077937.html > > reference: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-October/077935.html > > I assume the person or company that pushes the notice can be one of the ACKs > is this correct? > > Also does the ACK need to come from a person working for a company or can > this person be an independent developer? Maybe a very minor point, but > someone that is working for a company could Ack independent of the company if > so stated. Just be careful how you word the requirement, something like ‘Only > one Ack per company or independent developer’
As an open community, we should avoid sorting people per company. I prefer talking about different areas of interest. Anyway considering acks is a matter of confidence. We cannot have strict rules, but we can provide some guidelines.
