From 1c86107252739b45bada9db74620fd81f9fad957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Zhang Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:03:25 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add backward compatibility declarison declaration Signed-off-by: Carl Zhang --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ac67ee49a..69324269c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ Doxygen files are regularly updated through Github Pages and can be accessed dir The libva development team can be reached via github issues. +# Backward Compatibility +No code changes may be introduced that would regress support for existing API. All contributions must ensure continued compatibility and functionality. Failure to maintain API compatibility may result in the rejection or reversion of the contribution. + +Any deliberate modifications or removal of existing API will be transparently communicated in the release notes. + +API options are solely considered as a stable interface. Any debug parameters, environmental variables, and internal data structures, are not considered as an interface and may be changed or removed at any time. # Build and Install Libva *This build documentation was tested under clear Ubuntu Server 18.04 (with gcc-7.3.0, gcc-8.1.0 and clang-6.0 compilers) but it should work on another OS distributions with various versions of gcc and clang.*