[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add template release notes for 18.08
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Thu May 31 23:11:23 CEST 2018
Add template release notes for DPDK 18.08 with inline
comments and explanations of the various sections.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst | 1 +
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst | 192 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 193 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst
index eb82a0e06..d125342c3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Release Notes
:numbered:
rel_description
+ release_18_08
release_18_05
release_18_02
release_17_11
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bc23c537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+DPDK Release 18.08
+==================
+
+.. **Read this first.**
+
+ The text in the sections below explains how to update the release notes.
+
+ Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections.
+
+ Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text:
+ ``LIKE_THIS``.
+
+ Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
+
+ make doc-guides-html
+
+ xdg-open build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.html
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+.. This section should contain new features added in this release.
+ Sample format:
+
+ * **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.**
+
+ Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense.
+ The description should be enough to allow someone scanning
+ the release notes to understand the new feature.
+
+ If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list
+ like this:
+
+ * Added feature foo to do something.
+ * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
+
+ Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+
+.. This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
+
+ * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change.
+ Use fixed width quotes for ``function_names`` or ``struct_names``.
+ Use the past tense.
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+
+ABI Changes
+-----------
+
+.. This section should contain ABI changes. Sample format:
+
+ * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change
+ that was announced in the previous releases and made in this release.
+ Use fixed width quotes for ``function_names`` or ``struct_names``.
+ Use the past tense.
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+
+Removed Items
+-------------
+
+.. This section should contain removed items in this release. Sample format:
+
+ * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the removed item
+ in the past tense.
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+
+Shared Library Versions
+-----------------------
+
+.. Update any library version updated in this release
+ and prepend with a ``+`` sign, like this:
+
+ librte_acl.so.2
+ + librte_cfgfile.so.2
+ librte_cmdline.so.2
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ =========================================================
+
+The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
+
+.. code-block:: diff
+
+ librte_acl.so.2
+ librte_bbdev.so.1
+ librte_bitratestats.so.2
+ librte_bpf.so.1
+ librte_bus_dpaa.so.1
+ librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
+ librte_bus_pci.so.1
+ librte_bus_vdev.so.1
+ librte_cfgfile.so.2
+ librte_cmdline.so.2
+ librte_common_octeontx.so.1
+ librte_compressdev.so.1
+ librte_cryptodev.so.4
+ librte_distributor.so.1
+ librte_eal.so.7
+ librte_ethdev.so.9
+ librte_eventdev.so.4
+ librte_flow_classify.so.1
+ librte_gro.so.1
+ librte_gso.so.1
+ librte_hash.so.2
+ librte_ip_frag.so.1
+ librte_jobstats.so.1
+ librte_kni.so.2
+ librte_kvargs.so.1
+ librte_latencystats.so.1
+ librte_lpm.so.2
+ librte_mbuf.so.4
+ librte_mempool.so.4
+ librte_meter.so.2
+ librte_metrics.so.1
+ librte_net.so.1
+ librte_pci.so.1
+ librte_pdump.so.2
+ librte_pipeline.so.3
+ librte_pmd_bnxt.so.2
+ librte_pmd_bond.so.2
+ librte_pmd_i40e.so.2
+ librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
+ librte_pmd_dpaa2_cmdif.so.1
+ librte_pmd_dpaa2_qdma.so.1
+ librte_pmd_ring.so.2
+ librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
+ librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
+ librte_port.so.3
+ librte_power.so.1
+ librte_rawdev.so.1
+ librte_reorder.so.1
+ librte_ring.so.2
+ librte_sched.so.1
+ librte_security.so.1
+ librte_table.so.3
+ librte_timer.so.1
+ librte_vhost.so.3
+
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+.. This section should contain new known issues in this release. Sample format:
+
+ * **Add title in present tense with full stop.**
+
+ Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the known issue
+ in the present tense. Add information on any known workarounds.
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
+
+
+Tested Platforms
+----------------
+
+.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested
+ with this release.
+
+ The format is:
+
+ * <vendor> platform with <vendor> <type of devices> combinations
+
+ * List of CPU
+ * List of OS
+ * List of devices
+ * Other relevant details...
+
+ This section is a comment. Do not overwrite or remove it.
+ Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
+ =========================================================
--
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