Deprecate Autoconf

As per the very positive feedback from llvm-dev (http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2015-November/092150.html), this commit officially deprecates the LLVM autoconf-based build system.

Anyone still using it should switch to CMake.

llvm-svn: 252520

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/docs/BuildingLLVMWithAutotools.rst b/llvm/docs/BuildingLLVMWithAutotools.rst
index 6f9a1341055..083ead67ebb 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/BuildingLLVMWithAutotools.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/BuildingLLVMWithAutotools.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Building LLVM With Autotools
 .. contents::
    :local:
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Building LLVM with autoconf is deprecated as of 3.8. The autoconf build
+    system will be removed in 3.9. Please migrate to using CMake. For more
+    information see: `Building LLVM with CMake <CMake.html>`_
+
 Overview
 ========
 
diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 44f5823bca3..ba7e436fb0e 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
   Windows 7. Earlier versions, including Windows Vista and XP are no longer
   supported.
 
+* With this release, the autoconf build system is deprecated. It will be removed
+  in the 3.9 release. Please migrate to using CMake. For more information see:
+  `Building LLVM with CMake <CMake.html>`_
+
 .. NOTE
    For small 1-3 sentence descriptions, just add an entry at the end of
    this list. If your description won't fit comfortably in one bullet