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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2017-06-22 10:47:55 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2017-07-12 00:28:13 +0100
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dev-manual, ref-manual: Added section on index of releases procedure
Fixes [YOCTO #11630] I have added a new procedure on using the Index of Releases area to get snapshots of various tarballs. I recommend that is not the way you usually want to get files as using Git is recommended. The section exists for completeness. In the ref-manual, I cross-reference the procedures from the associated conceptual areas. (From yocto-docs rev: 812f344966966591d883fbebb4ae1f72c11dd483) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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270 </note> 270 </note>
271 </para> 271 </para>
272 272
273 <section id='viewing-source-repositories-using-your-browser'> 273 <section id='accessing-source-repositories'>
274 <title>Viewing Source Repositories Using Your Browser</title> 274 <title>Accessing Source Repositories</title>
275 275
276 <para> 276 <para>
277 Yocto Project maintains upstream Git 277 Yocto Project maintains upstream Git
278 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-repositories'>Source Repositories</ulink> 278 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-repositories'>Source Repositories</ulink>
279 that you can examine using a browser-based UI: 279 that you can examine and access using a browser-based UI:
280 <orderedlist> 280 <orderedlist>
281 <listitem><para> 281 <listitem><para>
282 Open a browser and go to 282 Open a browser and go to
@@ -305,6 +305,57 @@
305 </para> 305 </para>
306 </section> 306 </section>
307 307
308 <section id='accessing-index-of-releases'>
309 <title>Accessing Index of Releases</title>
310
311 <para>
312 Yocto Project maintains an Index of Releases area that contains
313 related files that contribute to the Yocto Project.
314 Rather than Git repositories, these files represent snapshot
315 tarballs.
316 <note><title>Tip</title>
317 The recommended method for accessing Yocto Project
318 components is to use Git to clone a repository and work from
319 within that local repository.
320 The procedure in this section exists should you desire a
321 tarball snapshot of any given component.
322 </note>
323 <orderedlist>
324 <listitem><para>
325 Open a browser and go to
326 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DL_URL;/releases'></ulink> to access the
327 Index of Releases.
328 The list represents released components (e.g.
329 <filename>eclipse-plugin</filename>,
330 <filename>sato</filename>, and so on).
331 <note>
332 The <filename>yocto</filename> directory contains the
333 full array of released Poky tarballs.
334 The <filename>poky</filename> directory in the
335 Index of Releases was historically used for very
336 early releases and exists for retroactive
337 completeness only.
338 </note>
339 </para></listitem>
340 <listitem><para>
341 Click on any released component in which you are interested
342 (e.g. <filename>yocto</filename>).
343 </para></listitem>
344 <listitem><para>
345 Drill down to find the associated tarball.
346 For example, click on <filename>yocto-2.3</filename> to
347 view files associated with the Yocto Project 2.3
348 release (e.g. <filename>poky-pyro-17.0.0tar.bz2</filename>,
349 which is the released Poky tarball).
350 </para></listitem>
351 <listitem><para>
352 Click a tarball to download and save a snapshot of a
353 given component.
354 </para></listitem>
355 </orderedlist>
356 </para>
357 </section>
358
308 <section id='cloning-the-poky-repository'> 359 <section id='cloning-the-poky-repository'>
309 <title>Cloning the <filename>poky</filename> Repository</title> 360 <title>Cloning the <filename>poky</filename> Repository</title>
310 361