Use variables for minimum host versions and bump Python to 3.6

Minimum Git, tar, Python and gcc versions are specified in quite a few
different places. Let's add some variables for these so there's no
chance of missing one if they're updated in future. Additionally, for
hardknott the minimum Python version is 3.6 so set that as the value for
Python.

(From yocto-docs rev: 9a802bc4bb0438c2540f360a08c7787caf64408a)

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

5 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
index 7bba47ea9c..974ae5ebca 100644
--- a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
+++ b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ following requirements:
 
 -
 
-   -  Git 1.8.3.1 or greater
-   -  tar 1.28 or greater
-   -  Python 3.5.0 or greater.
-   -  gcc 5.0 or greater.
+   -  Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater
+   -  tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater
+   -  Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater.
+   -  gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater.
 
 If your build host does not meet any of these three listed version
 requirements, you can take steps to prepare the system so that you
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst
index 39036183b0..84abf4c51f 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst
@@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ Project Build Host:
    should be able to run on any modern distribution that has the
    following versions for Git, tar, Python and gcc.
 
-   -  Git 1.8.3.1 or greater
+   -  Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater
 
-   -  tar 1.28 or greater
+   -  tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater
 
-   -  Python 3.5.0 or greater.
+   -  Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater.
 
-   -  gcc 5.0 or greater.
+   -  gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater.
 
    If your build host does not meet any of these three listed version
    requirements, you can take steps to prepare the system so that you
diff --git a/documentation/poky.yaml b/documentation/poky.yaml
index e0cf0b3ba4..8ccb359e0f 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.yaml
+++ b/documentation/poky.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ CENTOS8_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "-y epel-release
      python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect xz which SDL-devel xterm \
      rpcgen mesa-libGL-devel"
 PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC : "$ sudo pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml"
+MIN_PYTHON_VERSION : "3.6.0"
+MIN_TAR_VERSION : "1.28"
+MIN_GIT_VERSION : "1.8.3.1"
+MIN_GCC_VERSION : "5.0"
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst
index 3b65588caa..64fdfdf756 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ first before being pulled back into Poky. This practice benefits both
 projects immediately.
 
 **Q:** My development system does not meet the required Git, tar, and
-Python versions. In particular, I do not have Python 3.5.0 or greater.
+Python versions. In particular, I do not have Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater.
 Can I still use the Yocto Project?
 
 **A:** You can get the required tools on your host development system a
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
index 6edfa1a865..dc619cece3 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ Required Git, tar, Python and gcc Versions
 In order to use the build system, your host development system must meet
 the following version requirements for Git, tar, and Python:
 
--  Git 1.8.3.1 or greater
+-  Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater
 
--  tar 1.28 or greater
+-  tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater
 
--  Python 3.5.0 or greater
+-  Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater
 
 If your host development system does not meet all these requirements,
 you can resolve this by installing a ``buildtools`` tarball that
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ a pre-built tarball or use BitBake to build the tarball.
 In addition, your host development system must meet the following
 version requirement for gcc:
 
--  gcc 5.0 or greater
+-  gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater
 
 If your host development system does not meet this requirement, you can
 resolve this by installing a ``buildtools-extended`` tarball that