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diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst index 8aaf370d..8d0fdb77 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ General Guidelines #. The modification of symbols can generally be managed with versioning #. The removal of symbols generally is an ABI break and requires bumping of the LIBABIVER macro +#. Updates to the minimum hardware requirements, which drop support for hardware which + was previously supported, should be treated as an ABI change. What is an ABI -------------- @@ -77,6 +79,13 @@ for significant reasons, such as performance enhancements. ABI breakage due to changes such as reorganizing public structure fields for aesthetic or readability purposes should be avoided. +.. note:: + + Updates to the minimum hardware requirements, which drop support for hardware + which was previously supported, should be treated as an ABI change, and + follow the relevant deprecation policy procedures as above: 3 acks and + announcement at least one release in advance. + Examples of Deprecation Notices ------------------------------- |