doc: add template release notes for 16.11

Add template release notes for DPDK 16.11 with inline
comments and explanations of the various sections.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
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rel_description
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DPDK Release 16.11
==================
.. **Read this first.**
The text 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
firefox build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.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. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
Resolved Issues
---------------
.. This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format:
* **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense.
The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message.
Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below.
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
EAL
~~~
Drivers
~~~~~~~
Libraries
~~~~~~~~~
Examples
~~~~~~~~
Other
~~~~~
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. 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 ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
This section is a comment. 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
``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
This section is a comment. 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:
libethdev.so.4
librte_acl.so.2
+ librte_cfgfile.so.2
librte_cmdline.so.2
The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
.. code-block:: diff
libethdev.so.4
librte_acl.so.2
librte_cfgfile.so.2
librte_cmdline.so.2
librte_cryptodev.so.1
librte_distributor.so.1
librte_eal.so.2
librte_hash.so.2
librte_ip_frag.so.1
librte_ivshmem.so.1
librte_jobstats.so.1
librte_kni.so.2
librte_kvargs.so.1
librte_lpm.so.2
librte_mbuf.so.2
librte_mempool.so.2
librte_meter.so.1
librte_pdump.so.1
librte_pipeline.so.3
librte_pmd_bond.so.1
librte_pmd_ring.so.2
librte_port.so.3
librte_power.so.1
librte_reorder.so.1
librte_ring.so.1
librte_sched.so.1
librte_table.so.2
librte_timer.so.1
librte_vhost.so.3
Tested Platforms
----------------
.. This section should contain a list of platforms that were tested with this release.
The format is:
#. Platform name.
* Platform details.
* Platform details.
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
Tested NICs
-----------
.. This section should contain a list of NICs that were tested with this release.
The format is:
#. NIC name.
* NIC details.
* NIC details.
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
Tested OSes
-----------
.. This section should contain a list of OSes that were tested with this release.
The format is as follows, in alphabetical order:
* CentOS 7.0
* Fedora 23
* Fedora 24
* FreeBSD 10.3
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
* SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
* Ubuntu 15.10
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
* Wind River Linux 8
This section is a comment. Make sure to start the actual text at the margin.