From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76CDA0540; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:31:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0351F1D6E9; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:31:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661A71D689 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:31:21 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: thTrvT/A86Z/fgPHhvcYzvm+Lx54zpk6hE42LGNqirVeOR2bj9njhaAKeFS0QoeXNfOe1zFims u0sUtqsPNpWA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9680"; a="166709953" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,347,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="166709953" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Jul 2020 05:31:20 -0700 IronPort-SDR: 1MF5g4vpkcUoriU/XsjI+038OJUB8sl+JWALkyNq52d7u+0QIG7JUhLJBa04ZDBcgRHGihozoP RiQB7bYL8ysw== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,347,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="307445735" Received: from silpixa00399126.ir.intel.com ([10.237.222.36]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Jul 2020 05:31:19 -0700 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson , Thomas Monjalon Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:31:04 +0100 Message-Id: <20200713123105.513960-2-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 In-Reply-To: <20200713123105.513960-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <20200713123105.513960-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: add deprecation notice for make build system removal X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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 Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- 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 `_ on the + website or the `Getting Started Guide + `_ 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 -- 2.25.1