doc: add policy for promotion of experimental API
authorRay Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Wed, 4 Aug 2021 09:34:31 +0000 (10:34 +0100)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Wed, 4 Aug 2021 10:39:32 +0000 (12:39 +0200)
commit22545454b67b8e243849fb586e5097f397f30e1e
tree9f5c587d2c3a738a0bc654701afb941a9892a2d5
parent5c4e0deef345c4c97719845a16e9f0988b0547c3
doc: add policy for promotion of experimental API

Clarifying the ABI policy on the promotion of experimental APIs to stable.
We have a fair number of APIs that have been experimental for more than
2 years. This policy amendment indicates that these APIs should be
promoted or removed, or should at least form a conversation between the
maintainer and original contributor.

Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst