linux/poky.git/documentation/ref-manual, branch scarthgap-5.0.16

ref-manual/variables.rst: document the CCACHE_TOP_DIR variable

2026-01-26T09:41:31+00:00

Added by commit 35d7fe73bba1 ("ccache.bbclass: Make it can be shared between different builds") in OE-Core. Fixes [YOCTO #16052] (From yocto-docs rev: 32818c927bde8014e855b10b1d78d3f09beec024) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 550ef8340b550f8d4e9c3d0672190dc09592c621) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual/release-process.rst: add a "Development Cycle" section

2026-01-26T09:41:31+00:00

Add a new section to release-process.rst to document the development cycle of each release and namely the milestones and feature freeze occuring after M3. Fixes [YOCTO #15979] (From yocto-docs rev: 1cc5321c162ce36079d661ea1d35c2694c20ed9b) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 77c04cc5944acda7575546a7434e014e4a75ba58) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual/classes.rst: document the image-container class

2026-01-26T09:41:30+00:00

Add documentation for the image-container class, which is a simple class to generate an image suitable for creating a container. This answers in part to questions asked in [YOCTO #14368]. It also adds documentation for IMAGE_CONTAINER_NO_DUMMY, which was added in OE-Core with commit f0645e172bb8 ("image-container.bbclass: Error if not using linux-dummy"). Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz (From yocto-docs rev: 85fb6e4a964ea2dea9c3083ba2c4ceb336f34b1a) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 6ce00e5875eb3469fefd55cc22acaaeaf620053a) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual/svg/releases.svg: mark whinlatter as current release

2026-01-26T09:41:30+00:00

Whinlatter is the new current Yocto Project release, mark it as an active one. Move it as released in December 2025. (From yocto-docs rev: b0ae6483dd916eea3d144466e597a8e86187d9f7) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 6f8e97c6e529f3c47f45f34d9e04e3ad7bddd587) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual/svg/releases.svg: mark styhead and walnascar EOL

2026-01-26T09:41:30+00:00

Walnascar has stopped being updated a while ago, and Styhead is EOL since May 2025. Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz (From yocto-docs rev: 71b03c21dc9d8a9fd0b5cc92808a7944f6c7fe28) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 834de77b543de43ee3c1c12ca1d6277e67e126de) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

documentation: link to the Releases page on yoctoproject.org instead of wiki

2025-11-26T15:50:36+00:00

We have a machine-generated Releases page[1] which is preferable to the wiki. [1] https://www.yoctoproject.org/development/releases/ (From yocto-docs rev: 5af5e64e42732c0919cad499e79ff35ca4255a86) Signed-off-by: Ross Burton Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 46a9172fd17aa518028e35b8c874e74889079094) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual: variables: migrate the OVERRIDES note to bitbake-getvar

2025-11-26T15:50:36+00:00

Wherever possible, we should use bitbake-getvar as it's the recommended tool so let's do that. (From yocto-docs rev: b9453c7ce44a6bcae7cdc05f2b2cd47b525726e9) Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 2293a3f2767895e9fb5c3e8f3ec11bb4951a7127) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/classes.rst: document the relative_symlinks class

2025-11-03T15:17:02+00:00

Added by commit e478550c8cd8 ("openssl/fontconfig/bzip2: Use relative symlinks instead of absolute ones (using a new class)") in OE-Core. (From yocto-docs rev: a8687e4bb2e822670b6ad110613a12fa02943d3d) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit c0dc554eba7d421023ecc68a70b7a19df38628b0) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/classes.rst: gettext: extend the documentation of the class

2025-11-03T15:17:02+00:00

Mention the use of USE_NLS, INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS and the cross-canadian class. Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz (From yocto-docs rev: b16f19e8004d571e7a6eadfa34983781ba6a7634) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit d877e54f1c85cefc00dd674d60f2db81446bd95a) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/variables.rst: document the USE_NLS variable

2025-11-03T15:17:02+00:00

Part of bitbake.conf, this variable allowing to enable or disable translation was undocumented. Add a entry to the glossary. Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz (From yocto-docs rev: 675b776390c8079deb8f1912dac44b574688a9c7) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 92a55345a56b5038c0344669daaa7a3a99dd0fc0) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman