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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2011-08-01 16:18:23 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-08-04 15:07:52 +0100 |
commit | e4448dac9331adfddaa08074c35ba072bb6afcef (patch) | |
tree | 643a048c5e60e52e6b2852aeaac18f378c6e1ce7 | |
parent | e3687ca853923fd8a007a12d7e89ce0e80dc05eb (diff) | |
download | poky-e4448dac9331adfddaa08074c35ba072bb6afcef.tar.gz |
documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: updated intro paragraph and figs
I updated the introduction paragraph to cast the chapter more for YP than
just generic newbie information. Also, added three screenshots for
the source areas at Dave Stewart's suggestion.
(From yocto-docs rev: 26d3c58ff6295515c593c8b0b12dc3d6952b752a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 35 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 6654e7153e..a1652018df 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | |||
@@ -3,21 +3,18 @@ | |||
3 | 3 | ||
4 | <chapter id='dev-manual-newbie'> | 4 | <chapter id='dev-manual-newbie'> |
5 | 5 | ||
6 | <title>Working with Open Source Code</title> | 6 | <title>The Yocto Project Open Source Development Environment</title> |
7 | 7 | ||
8 | <para> | 8 | <para> |
9 | This chapter presents information for users new or unfamiliar with working in an open source environment. | 9 | This chapter helps you understand the Yocto Project as an open source development project. |
10 | Working in this type of environment is different than working in a closed, proprietary environment. | 10 | In general, working in an open-source environment is very different than working in a closed, |
11 | The chapter also presents information specific to the Yocto Project environment. | 11 | proprietary environment. |
12 | It specifically addresses licensing issues, code repositories, the open-source distributed version control | 12 | Additionally, the Yocto Project uses specific tools and constructs as part of its development |
13 | system Git, and best practices using Yocto Project. | 13 | environment. |
14 | The chapter specifically addresses open source philosophy, licensing issues, code repositories, | ||
15 | the open source distributed version control system Git, and best practices using Yocto Project. | ||
14 | </para> | 16 | </para> |
15 | 17 | ||
16 | <note><para> | ||
17 | If you are a seasoned open source developer and are familiar with Git, you might just be interested | ||
18 | in the Yocto Project specific information in this chapter. | ||
19 | </para></note> | ||
20 | |||
21 | <section id='open-source-philosophy'> | 18 | <section id='open-source-philosophy'> |
22 | <title>Open Source Philosophy</title> | 19 | <title>Open Source Philosophy</title> |
23 | 20 | ||
@@ -102,18 +99,26 @@ | |||
102 | <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi'>Source Repositories:</ulink></emphasis> | 99 | <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi'>Source Repositories:</ulink></emphasis> |
103 | This area contains IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Poky Support, Tools, Yocto Linux Kernel, and Yocto | 100 | This area contains IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Poky Support, Tools, Yocto Linux Kernel, and Yocto |
104 | Metadata Layers. | 101 | Metadata Layers. |
105 | You can create Git repositories for each of these areas.</para></listitem> | 102 | You can create Git repositories for each of these areas.</para> |
103 | <para> | ||
104 | <imagedata fileref="figures/source-repos.png" align="center" width="6in" depth="4in" /> | ||
105 | </para></listitem> | ||
106 | <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/downloads/'>Index of /downloads:</ulink></emphasis> | 106 | <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/downloads/'>Index of /downloads:</ulink></emphasis> |
107 | This area contains an index of the Eclipse-plugin, miscellaneous support, poky, pseudo, and | 107 | This area contains an index of the Eclipse-plugin, miscellaneous support, poky, pseudo, and |
108 | all released versions of Yocto Project in the form of images or tarballs. | 108 | all released versions of Yocto Project in the form of images or tarballs. |
109 | Downloading and extracting these files does not produce a Git repository but rather | 109 | Downloading and extracting these files does not produce a Git repository but rather |
110 | a snapshot of a particular release or image. | 110 | a snapshot of a particular release or image. |
111 | [WRITER NOTE: link will be http://downloads.yoctoproject.org.]</para></listitem> | 111 | [WRITER NOTE: link will be http://downloads.yoctoproject.org.]</para> |
112 | <para> | ||
113 | <imagedata fileref="figures/index-downloads.png" align="center" width="6in" depth="4in" /> | ||
114 | </para></listitem> | ||
112 | <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/download'>Yocto Project Download Page</ulink></emphasis> | 115 | <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/download'>Yocto Project Download Page</ulink></emphasis> |
113 | This page on the Yocto Project website allows you to download any Yocto Project | 116 | This page on the Yocto Project website allows you to download any Yocto Project |
114 | release of Board Support Package (BSP) in tarball form. | 117 | release or Board Support Package (BSP) in tarball form. |
115 | The tarballs are similar to those found in the | 118 | The tarballs are similar to those found in the |
116 | <ulink url='http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/downloads/'>Index of /downloads:</ulink> area. | 119 | <ulink url='http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/downloads/'>Index of /downloads:</ulink> area.</para> |
120 | <para> | ||
121 | <imagedata fileref="figures/yp-download.png" align="center" width="6in" depth="4in" /> | ||
117 | </para></listitem> | 122 | </para></listitem> |
118 | </itemizedlist> | 123 | </itemizedlist> |
119 | </para> | 124 | </para> |