Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging

2017-12-30 Thread Neil Horman
On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 08:20:58PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 10:17 -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > > Hey all- > > A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that, when reviewing > > patches I > > would frequently complain about ABI changes that were actually > > consider

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging

2017-12-30 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Wed, 2017-12-13 at 10:17 -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > Hey all- > A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that, when reviewing > patches I > would frequently complain about ABI changes that were actually > considered safe > because they were part of the EXPERIMENTAL api set.  John M. aske

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging

2017-12-21 Thread Neil Horman
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:17:23AM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > Hey all- > A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that, when reviewing patches > I > would frequently complain about ABI changes that were actually considered safe > because they were part of the EXPERIMENTAL api set. John M

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging

2017-12-13 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:17:23AM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > Hey all- > A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that, when reviewing patches > I > would frequently complain about ABI changes that were actually considered safe > because they were part of the EXPERIMENTAL api set. John M

[dpdk-dev] [PATCHv4 0/4] dpdk: enhance EXPERIMENTAL api tagging

2017-12-13 Thread Neil Horman
Hey all- A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that, when reviewing patches I would frequently complain about ABI changes that were actually considered safe because they were part of the EXPERIMENTAL api set. John M. asked me then what I might do to improve the situation, and the follow