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doc: announce new major ABI version

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Thomas Monjalon July 28, 2023, 2:29 p.m. UTC 
  The next DPDK release 23.11 won't keep ABI compatibility.
Only the changes impacting the users should be announced in advance.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 11 ++++++++---
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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 91ac8f0229..55e4b2253e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
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@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ 
 ABI and API Deprecation
 =======================
 
-See the guidelines document for details of the :doc:`ABI policy
-<../contributing/abi_policy>`. API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted
-here.
+See the guidelines document for details
+of the :doc:`ABI policy <../contributing/abi_policy>`.
+
+With DPDK 23.11, there will be a new major ABI version: 24.
+It means that during the development of 23.11, it will be allowed
+to add new items in a struct or enum involving ABI compatibility breakage.
+
+Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------