From 0dd2fede8e1d4ba42802aadea3f522bf19f3cafe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:53:14 -0700 Subject: dev-manual: Edits to "Yocto Project Source Repositories" section Fixes [YOCTO #5368] This is a partial fix to the removing tarball setup method issue. I have modified the "Yocto Project source Repositories" section to de-emphasize the tarball installation method for poky and meta-intel. We cannot remove these obviously because the download page of the website gives the use access to tarballs. Also, the Index of Releases basically does the same thing. So, we can't ignore the fact that they are there. So, I added a note basically saying we recommend the Git method for creation of poky and meta-intel on the development system. (From yocto-docs rev: 7843ea5e592582f74a02536ec4057067c43eb507) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 52 ++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 34326d10b6..0ba560854d 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -406,38 +406,34 @@ Yocto Project Source Repositories - The Yocto Project team maintains complete source repositories for all Yocto Project files - at . - This web-based source code browser is organized into categories by function such as - IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Yocto Linux Kernel, and so forth. - From the interface, you can click on any particular item in the "Name" column and - see the URL at the bottom of the page that you need to clone a Git repository for - that particular item. - Having a local Git repository of the Source Directory (poky) allows you to - make changes, contribute to the history, and ultimately enhance the Yocto Project's - tools, Board Support Packages, and so forth. + The Yocto Project team maintains complete source repositories for all + Yocto Project files at + . + This web-based source code browser is organized into categories by + function such as IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Yocto Linux Kernel, and + so forth. + From the interface, you can click on any particular item in the "Name" + column and see the URL at the bottom of the page that you need to clone + a Git repository for that particular item. + Having a local Git repository of the Source Directory (poky) allows + you to make changes, contribute to the history, and ultimately enhance + the Yocto Project's tools, Board Support Packages, and so forth. - Conversely, if you are a developer that is not interested in contributing back to the - Yocto Project, you have the ability to simply download and extract release tarballs - and use them within the Yocto Project environment. - All that is required is a particular release of the Yocto Project and - your application source code. - - - - For any supported release of Yocto Project, you can go to the + For any supported release of Yocto Project, you can also go to the Yocto Project Website and - select the "Downloads" tab and get a tarball of the release. - You can also go to this site to download any supported BSP tarballs. - Unpacking the tarball gives you a hierarchical Source Directory that lets you develop - using the Yocto Project. - - - - Once you are set up through either tarball extraction or a checkout of Git repositories, - you are ready to develop. + select the "Downloads" tab and get a released tarball of the + poky repository or any supported BSP tarballs. + Unpacking these tarballs gives you a snapshot of the released + files. + + The recommended method for setting up the Yocto Project + Source Directory and the + files for supported BSPs (meta-intel) is to + use Git to create a local copy of the + upstream repositories. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf