svn commit: r50115 - user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng

[Glen Barber]

Author: gjb
Date: Fri Mar 31 17:03:03 2017
New Revision: 50115
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50115

Log:
  Add a definition of KBI/KPI stability.
  
  Original text by:	gnn
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-terminology.xml

Modified: user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-terminology.xml
==============================================================================
--- user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-terminology.xml	Fri Mar 31 15:15:50 2017	(r50114)
+++ user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-terminology.xml	Fri Mar 31 17:03:03 2017	(r50115)
@@ -46,12 +46,16 @@
       hooks.</para>
   </sect2>
 
-  <?ignore
   <sect2 xml:id="releng-terms-kbi-freeze">
     <title>The <acronym>KBI</acronym>/<acronym>KPI</acronym>
       Freeze</title>
 
-    <para> </para>
+    <para><acronym>KBI</acronym>/<acronym>KPI</acronym> stability
+      implies that the caller of a function across two different
+      releases of software that implement the function results in the
+      same end state.  The caller, whether it is a process, thread, or
+      function, expects the function to operate in a certain way,
+      otherwise the <acronym>KBI</acronym>/<acronym>KPI</acronym>
+      stability on the branch is broken.</para>
   </sect2>
-  ?>
 </sect1>