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| author | Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> | 2012-10-02 09:24:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-10-02 17:41:39 +0100 |
| commit | 70677171133f6698641d2dbb683ec469225ba570 (patch) | |
| tree | 27bd3287b411d52982c44cb366b5f6b4b90846c1 | |
| parent | 5a18ea1b00f294e4547c8bae90c41761bedfeb90 (diff) | |
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documentation: poky-ref-manual - Updates to faq entry
Ensure that this section correctly and accurately describes how Poky and
OE relate to eachother currently. The faq entry changed is
"How does Poky differ from OpenEmbedded?"
(From yocto-docs rev: ecc88ef12ec2faa48d05824e8b781a7d43e86127)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml index c1a1390..943d22a 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml @@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ </question> <answer> <para> - The term "Poky" is sometimes used to refer to the build system that the - Yocto Project uses. - The build system used in the Yocto project is referred to as the - OpenEmbedded build system because "Poky" was derived from <ulink - url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>. - Poky is a stable, smaller subset focused on the mobile environment. - Development in the Yocto Project using Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded with - features being merged regularly between the two for mutual benefit. + The term "Poky" refers to the specific reference build system that + the Yocto Project provides. + Poky is based on <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#oe-core'>OE-Core</ulink> + and BitBake. + Thus, the generic term used here for the build system is + the "OpenEmbedded build system." + Development in the Yocto Project using Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded, with + changes always being merged to OE-Core or BitBake first before being pulled back + into Poky. + This practice benefits both projects immediately. For a fuller description of the term "Poky", see the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#poky'>poky</ulink> term in the Yocto Project Development Manual. |
