doc: add reason for three-part ABI versioning
authorRay Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Tue, 5 May 2020 08:56:48 +0000 (09:56 +0100)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Mon, 18 May 2020 17:46:25 +0000 (19:46 +0200)
commita57a71f9ffa81cf70219e36c0fc488d290038e61
tree8cd0f89c8e35a1b100d986018013fe071ea2c227
parent4a06afd41026c8570a62f03f0eb8bf697b10e657
doc: add reason for three-part ABI versioning

Clarify the reasons behind the three part version numbering scheme.
Documents the fixes made in f26c2b3.

Fixes: f26c2b39b271 ("build: fix soname info for 19.11 compatibility")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst