documentation: Updated manual notes

I updated the notes to help the user get the version of the
docs that they are interested in.  Sometimes a search using the
web returns really old versions of the manual and the user
is clueless about using a manual that is not matching the
YP release they are working with.

(From yocto-docs rev: d0ef1c7edec0a28ce8a49992b71e6d3c878cdbb4)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-manual.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-manual.xml
index d4b7bee7d5..80fd8e536e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-manual.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-manual.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
         Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
         the terms of the <ulink type="http" url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England &amp; Wales</ulink> as published by Creative Commons.
       </para>
+
            <note><title>Manual Notes</title>
                <itemizedlist>
                    <listitem><para>
@@ -147,24 +148,36 @@
                        is for the &YOCTO_DOC_VERSION; release of the
                        Yocto Project.
                        To be sure you have the latest version of the manual
-                       for this release, use the manual from the
-                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/documentation'>Yocto Project documentation page</ulink>.
+                       for this release, go to the
+                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/documentation'>Yocto Project documentation page</ulink>
+                       and select the manual from that site.
+                       Manuals from the site are more up-to-date than manuals
+                       derived from the Yocto Project released TAR files.
                        </para></listitem>
                    <listitem><para>
-                       For manuals associated with other releases of the Yocto
-                       Project, go to the
+                       If you located this manual through a web search, the
+                       version of the manual might not be the one you want
+                       (e.g. the search might have returned a manual much
+                       older than the Yocto Project version with which you
+                       are working).
+                       You can see all Yocto Project major releases by
+                       visiting the
+                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Releases'>Releases</ulink>
+                       page.
+                       If you need a version of this manual for a different
+                       Yocto Project release, visit the
                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/documentation'>Yocto Project documentation page</ulink>
-                       and use the drop-down "Active Releases" button
-                       and choose the manual associated with the desired
-                       Yocto Project.
+                       and select the manual set by using the
+                       "ACTIVE RELEASES DOCUMENTATION" or "DOCUMENTS ARCHIVE"
+                       pull-down menus.
                        </para></listitem>
                    <listitem><para>
-                        To report any inaccuracies or problems with this
-                        manual, send an email to the Yocto Project
-                        discussion group at
-                        <filename>yocto@yoctoproject.com</filename> or log into
-                        the freenode <filename>#yocto</filename> channel.
-                        </para></listitem>
+                       To report any inaccuracies or problems with this
+                       manual, send an email to the Yocto Project
+                       discussion group at
+                       <filename>yocto@yoctoproject.com</filename> or log into
+                       the freenode <filename>#yocto</filename> channel.
+                       </para></listitem>
                </itemizedlist>
            </note>
     </legalnotice>