[18.x][Docs] Add release note about Clang-defined target OS macros (#80044)

The change is included in the 18.x release. Move the release note to the
release branch and reformat.

(cherry picked from commit b40d5b1b08564d23d5e0769892ebbc32447b2987)

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diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 9edbfbf..93a67e7 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -171,6 +171,22 @@ AST Dumping Potentially Breaking Changes
       "qualType": "foo"
     }
 
+Clang Frontend Potentially Breaking Changes
+-------------------------------------------
+- Target OS macros extension
+  A new Clang extension (see :ref:`here <target_os_detail>`) is enabled for
+  Darwin (Apple platform) targets. Clang now defines ``TARGET_OS_*`` macros for
+  these targets, which could break existing code bases with improper checks for
+  the ``TARGET_OS_`` macros. For example, existing checks might fail to include
+  the ``TargetConditionals.h`` header from Apple SDKs and therefore leaving the
+  macros undefined and guarded code unexercised.
+
+  Affected code should be checked to see if it's still intended for the specific
+  target and fixed accordingly.
+
+  The extension can be turned off by the option ``-fno-define-target-os-macros``
+  as a workaround.
+
 What's New in Clang |release|?
 ==============================
 Some of the major new features and improvements to Clang are listed
@@ -351,6 +367,15 @@ New Compiler Flags
 * Full register names can be used when printing assembly via ``-mregnames``.
   This option now matches the one used by GCC.
 
+.. _target_os_detail:
+
+* ``-fdefine-target-os-macros`` and its complement
+  ``-fno-define-target-os-macros``. Enables or disables the Clang extension to
+  provide built-in definitions of a list of ``TARGET_OS_*`` macros based on the
+  target triple.
+
+  The extension is enabled by default for Darwin (Apple platform) targets.
+
 Deprecated Compiler Flags
 -------------------------