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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-02-11 09:56:38 -0800 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-02-14 17:25:44 +0000 |
| commit | b8761468d32b2823c8e22f7b1c42091f652077c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 86c9764e9c8f100f38876d96f24bbf72b132a6e6 /documentation/dev-manual | |
| parent | ba9fc8aaf3597fb4ea128cb965d973f3ee831550 (diff) | |
| download | poky-b8761468d32b2823c8e22f7b1c42091f652077c5.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Updated PR Service section with comments
Fixes YOCTO #2684
Applied some review comments to the section from Richard
Purdie.
(From yocto-docs rev: 772617a45df10e5e42364854fe03d8aad7cb46b6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 479362fca5..ec744b472b 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | |||
| @@ -2070,10 +2070,11 @@ | |||
| 2070 | </para> | 2070 | </para> |
| 2071 | 2071 | ||
| 2072 | <para> | 2072 | <para> |
| 2073 | By default, there is no server that runs the PR Service. | 2073 | By default, the PR Service is not enabled or running. |
| 2074 | Thus, the packages generated are just "self consistent". | 2074 | Thus, the packages generated are just "self consistent". |
| 2075 | The build system adds and removes packages and | 2075 | The build system adds and removes packages and |
| 2076 | there are no guarantees about upgrade paths. | 2076 | there are no guarantees about upgrade paths but images |
| 2077 | will be consistent and correct with the latest changes. | ||
| 2077 | </para> | 2078 | </para> |
| 2078 | 2079 | ||
| 2079 | <para> | 2080 | <para> |
| @@ -2187,19 +2188,6 @@ | |||
| 2187 | Debian Version Field Policy Guidelines</ulink>. | 2188 | Debian Version Field Policy Guidelines</ulink>. |
| 2188 | These guidelines define how versions are compared and what "increasing" a version means. | 2189 | These guidelines define how versions are compared and what "increasing" a version means. |
| 2189 | </para> | 2190 | </para> |
| 2190 | |||
| 2191 | <para> | ||
| 2192 | There are two reasons for following the previously mentioned guidelines. | ||
| 2193 | First, to ensure that when a developer updates and rebuilds, they get all the changes to | ||
| 2194 | the repository and do not have to remember to rebuild any sections. | ||
| 2195 | Second, to ensure that target users are able to upgrade their | ||
| 2196 | devices using package manager commands such as <filename>opkg upgrade</filename> | ||
| 2197 | (or similar commands for dpkg/apt or rpm-based systems). | ||
| 2198 | </para> | ||
| 2199 | |||
| 2200 | <para> | ||
| 2201 | The goal is to ensure the Yocto Project has packages that can be upgraded in all cases. | ||
| 2202 | </para> | ||
| 2203 | </section> | 2191 | </section> |
| 2204 | </section> | 2192 | </section> |
| 2205 | 2193 | ||
