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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) | |
download | poky-70677171133f6698641d2dbb683ec469225ba570.tar.gz |
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 c1a1390b36..943d22a7d8 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml | |||
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ | |||
13 | </question> | 13 | </question> |
14 | <answer> | 14 | <answer> |
15 | <para> | 15 | <para> |
16 | The term "Poky" is sometimes used to refer to the build system that the | 16 | The term "Poky" refers to the specific reference build system that |
17 | Yocto Project uses. | 17 | the Yocto Project provides. |
18 | The build system used in the Yocto project is referred to as the | 18 | Poky is based on <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#oe-core'>OE-Core</ulink> |
19 | OpenEmbedded build system because "Poky" was derived from <ulink | 19 | and BitBake. |
20 | url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>. | 20 | Thus, the generic term used here for the build system is |
21 | Poky is a stable, smaller subset focused on the mobile environment. | 21 | the "OpenEmbedded build system." |
22 | Development in the Yocto Project using Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded with | 22 | Development in the Yocto Project using Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded, with |
23 | features being merged regularly between the two for mutual benefit. | 23 | changes always being merged to OE-Core or BitBake first before being pulled back |
24 | into Poky. | ||
25 | This practice benefits both projects immediately. | ||
24 | For a fuller description of the term "Poky", see the | 26 | For a fuller description of the term "Poky", see the |
25 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#poky'>poky</ulink> term in the Yocto Project | 27 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#poky'>poky</ulink> term in the Yocto Project |
26 | Development Manual. | 28 | Development Manual. |