docs: better docs, mv doxygen to sphinx

This patch refactors the VPP sphinx docs
in order to make it easier to consume
for external readers as well as VPP developers.

It also makes sphinx the single source
of documentation, which simplifies maintenance
and operation.

Most important updates are:

- reformat the existing documentation as rst
- split RELEASE.md and move it into separate rst files
- remove section 'events'
- remove section 'archive'
- remove section 'related projects'
- remove section 'feature by release'
- remove section 'Various links'
- make (Configuration reference, CLI docs,
  developer docs) top level items in the list
- move 'Use Cases' as part of 'About VPP'
- move 'Troubleshooting' as part of 'Getting Started'
- move test framework docs into 'Developer Documentation'
- add a 'Contributing' section for gerrit,
  docs and other contributer related infos
- deprecate doxygen and test-docs targets
- redirect the "make doxygen" target to "make docs"

Type: refactor

Change-Id: I552a5645d5b7964d547f99b1336e2ac24e7c209f
Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Yourtchenko <ayourtch@gmail.com>

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+Release notes for VPP 16.06
+===========================
+
+The FD.io Project, relentlessly focused on data IO speed and efficiency
+supporting the creation of high performance, flexible, and scalable
+software defined infrastructures, announces the availability of the
+community’s first software release (16.06).
+
+In the four months since launching, FD.io has brought together more than
+75 developers from 11 different companies including network operators,
+solution providers chip vendors, and network equipment vendors who are
+collaborating to enhance and innovate around the Vector Packet
+Processing (VPP) technology. The FD.io community has quickly formed to
+grow the number of projects from the initial VPP project to an
+additional 6 projects addressing a diverse set of requirements and
+usability across a variety of deployment environments.
+
+The 16.06 release brings unprecedented performance: 480Gbps/200mpps with
+8 million routes and 2k whitelist entries on standard high volume x86
+servers.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+In addition to the existing full suite of vswitch/vrouter features, the
+new 16.06 release adds:
+
+-  Enhanced Switching and Routing:
+
+   -  IPv6 Segment Routing multicast support.
+   -  LISP xTR support.
+   -  VXLAN over IPv6 underlay.
+   -  Per interface whitelists.
+   -  Shared adjacencies in FIB.
+
+-  New and improved interface support:
+
+   -  Jumbo frame support for vhost-user.
+   -  Netmap interface support.
+   -  AF_Packet interface support.
+
+-  Expanded and improved programmability:
+
+   -  Python API bindings.
+   -  Enhanced JVPP Java API bindings.
+   -  Debugging CLI.
+
+-  Expanded Hardware and Software Support:
+
+   -  Support for ARM 32 targets including Rasberry Pi single-board
+      computer.
+   -  Support for DPDK 16.04.