netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 iproute2-next 0/5] iproute2: add libbpf support

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Message-ID: <417988c1-e774-e16a-f6af-170e3b11b5f3@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 10:45:20 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     Hangbin Liu <haliu@...hat.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen 
        <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 iproute2-next 0/5] iproute2: add libbpf support

On 11/3/20 1:42 AM, Jiri Benc wrote:
> And I'm convinced this is the way to go for libraries, too: put an
> emphasis on API stability. Make it easy to get consumed and updated
> under the hood. Everybody wins this way.

exactly. Libraries should export well thought out, easy to use, stable
APIs. Maintainers do not need to be concerned about how the code is
consumed by projects.