Re: [net-next] iproute2: Add new command to IP link to enable/disable VF spoof check

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:49 -0400 (EDT)
David Miller [off-list ref] wrote:

From: "Christian Benvenuti (benve)" <redacted>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:54:53 -0500

quoted

Does it mean that a Netlink interface becomes official (and backward
compatibility should not be broken) only once iproute2 starts
supporting it?

It needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.  Sometimes we can quickly
fix a poorly designed netlink interface is no major tool takes on use of
the feature.

If an interface changes before an official release, there is no
problem. I.e. if an interface goes through multiple versions while
in net-next (or a bug fix during 3.X-rc*) that's fine.