doc: remove template comments in old release notes

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_18_08.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
index 4ae388c..314723f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_08.rst
@@ -4,46 +4,9 @@
 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.
-     =========================================================
-
 * **Added support for Hyper-V netvsc PMD.**
 
   The new ``netvsc`` poll mode driver provides native support for
@@ -121,16 +84,6 @@ New Features
 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.
-   =========================================================
-
 * The path to the runtime config file has changed. The new path is determined
   as follows:
 
@@ -221,16 +174,6 @@ API Changes
 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
@@ -295,22 +238,6 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
 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.
-   =========================================================
-
 * Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
 
    * CPU