[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: add deprecation notice for make build system removal

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/13/2020 1:31 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Add in an official notice that the make build system is being removed in
> 20.11 and provide a link to instructions on how to build using meson and
> ninja instead.
> 
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index a58a17946..ead7cbe43 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ here.
>  Deprecation Notices
>  -------------------
>  
> +* make: Support for building DPDK with "make" has been deprecated and
> +  support will be removed in the 20.11 release. From 20.11 onwards, DPDK
> +  should be built using meson and ninja. For basic instructions see the
> +  `Quick-start Guide <https://core.dpdk.org/doc/quick-start/>`_ on the
> +  website or the `Getting Started Guide
> +  <https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html>`_ document.
> +
>  * meson: The minimum supported version of meson for configuring and building
>    DPDK will be increased to v0.47.1 (from 0.41) from DPDK 19.05 onwards. For
>    those users with a version earlier than 0.47.1, an updated copy of meson
> 

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>