``experimental``, as described in the section on :ref:`Experimental APIs
and Libraries <experimental_apis>`.
+ - In situations in which an ``experimental`` symbol has been stable for some
+ time. When promoting the symbol to become part of the next ABI version, the
+ maintainer may choose to provide an alias to the ``experimental`` tag, so
+ as not to break consuming applications.
+
#. If a newly proposed API functionally replaces an existing one, when the new
API becomes non-experimental, then the old one is marked with
``__rte_deprecated``.
one release. Thereafter, the normal process of posting patch for review to
mailing list can be followed.
+After the experimental tag has been formally removed, a tree/sub-tree maintainer
+may choose to offer an alias to the experimental tag so as not to break
+applications using the symbol. The alias is then dropped at the declaration of
+next major ABI version.
+
Libraries
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