From: Thomas Monjalon Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:01:57 +0000 (+0200) Subject: doc: add template release notes for 18.08 X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c6266cd55c3ab3bd13711ac0ae599fcf4a32ce84;p=dpdk.git doc: add template release notes for 18.08 Add template release notes for DPDK 18.08 with inline comments and explanations of the various sections. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon Acked-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/index.rst index eb82a0e065..d125342c37 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 0000000000..5bc23c5373 --- /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: + + * platform with 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. + =========================================================