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doc: add ABI policy changes to release notes

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Add some pointers to the releases notes on the changes to the abi policy,
the introduction of project-level ABI management and the deprecation of
library-level management.

Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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Ray Kinsella 2019-11-18 13:15:28 +00:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
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* Removed library-level ABI versions. These have been replaced with a single
project-level ABI version for non-experimental libraries and an ABI version of
``0`` for experimental libraries. Review the :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy`
and :doc:`../contributing/abi_versioning` guides for more information.
* Removed duplicated set of commands for Rx offload configuration from testpmd::
port config all crc-strip|scatter|rx-cksum|rx-timestamp|
@ -486,6 +491,12 @@ ABI Changes
Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
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* policy: Please note the revisions to the :doc:`../contributing/abi_policy`
introducing major ABI versions, with DPDK 19.11 becoming the first major
version ``v20``. ABI changes to add new features continue to be permitted in
subsequent releases, with the condition that ABI compatibility with the major
ABI version is maintained.
* net: The Ethernet address and other header definitions have changed
attributes. They have been modified to be aligned on 2-byte boundaries.
These changes should not impact normal usage because drivers naturally