[dpdk-dev] [v5] doc: define qualification criteria for external library

[Jerin Jacob]

On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 1:25 AM Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com> wrote:
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> > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> > Sent: Monday, 8 January 2024 18.19
> >
> > The wording specifies the intent here, and that is not what matters.
> > This is not a legal document where someone will take us to court
> > if the board doesn't accept a library.
>
> The introduction/preamble of the page should mention this, or we risk upsetting people very much if we don't accept a compliant library. E.g.:
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> This document serves as an overall description of what is expected of dependent libraries.

The similar text already present.

> The final decision to accept or reject is at the discretion of the DPDK Project's Technical Board.

I will add the above in next version.


[main]dell[dpdk.org] $ git diff
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
index 94025fdf60..f60ed92a64 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ External Library dependency

 This document defines the qualification criteria for external
libraries that may be
 used as dependencies in DPDK drivers or libraries.
+The final decision to accept or reject is at the discretion of the
DPDK Project's Technical Board.


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