5 files changed, 20 insertions, 87 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 8ddcd5b075..9857e95a17 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -4320,12 +4320,6 @@
                         Make these following configurations:
                         <itemizedlist>
                             <listitem><para>
-                                Enable "distrodata" as follows:
-                                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     INHERIT =+ "distrodata"
-                                </literallayout>
-                                </para></listitem>
-                            <listitem><para>
                                 If you want to enable
                                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#maintaining-build-output-quality'>Build History</ulink>,
                                 which is optional, you need the following
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index 1ecf5b9996..ade8787b4d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -2566,9 +2566,7 @@
             <link linkend='oe-core'>OE-Core</link>.
             The change includes <filename>package_regex.inc</filename> and
             <filename>distro_alias.inc</filename>, which are typically enabled
-            when using the
-            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-            class.
+            when using the <filename>distrodata</filename> class.
             Additionally, the contents of
             <filename>upstream_tracking.inc</filename> has now been split out
             to the relevant recipes.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index d602851c54..f5d09dcd73 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -714,39 +714,6 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
-<section id='ref-classes-distrodata'>
-    <title><filename>distrodata.bbclass</filename></title>
-
-    <para>
-        The <filename>distrodata</filename> class
-        provides for automatic checking for upstream recipe updates.
-        The class creates a comma-separated value (CSV) spreadsheet that
-        contains information about the recipes.
-        The information provides the
-        <link linkend='ref-tasks-distrodata'><filename>do_distrodata</filename></link>
-        and
-        <filename>do_distro_check</filename> tasks, which do upstream checking
-        and also verify if a package is used in multiple major distributions.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-        The class is not included by default.
-        To use it, you must set the
-        <link linkend='var-INHERIT'><filename>INHERIT</filename></link>
-        variable:
-        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     INHERIT+= "distrodata"
-        </literallayout>
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-        The <filename>distrodata</filename> class also provides the
-        <link linkend='ref-tasks-checkpkg'><filename>do_checkpkg</filename></link>
-        task, which can be used against a simple recipe or against an
-        image to get all its recipe information.
-    </para>
-</section>
-
 <section id='ref-classes-distutils'>
     <title><filename>distutils*.bbclass</filename></title>
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index 0ad35cdbb8..4f99e18b66 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -158,32 +158,6 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
-    <section id='ref-tasks-distrodata'>
-        <title><filename>do_distrodata</filename></title>
-
-        <para>
-            Provides information about the recipe.
-        </para>
-
-        <para>
-            The <filename>distrodata</filename> task is included as part of the
-            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-            class.
-        </para>
-
-        <para>
-            To build the <filename>distrodata</filename> task, use the
-            <filename>bitbake</filename> command with the "-c" option and
-            task name:
-            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c distrodata
-            </literallayout>
-            By default, the results are stored in
-            <link linkend='var-LOG_DIR'><filename>$LOG_DIR</filename></link>
-            (e.g. <filename>$BUILD_DIR/tmp/log</filename>).
-        </para>
-    </section>
-
     <section id='ref-tasks-fetch'>
         <title><filename>do_fetch</filename></title>
 
@@ -636,9 +610,15 @@
         </para>
 
         <para>
-            The <filename>checkpkg</filename> task is included as part of the
-            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-            class.
+            To check the upstream version and status of a recipe, use the
+            following devtool commands:
+            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ devtool latest-version
+     $ devtool check-upgrade-status
+            </literallayout>
+            See the
+            "<link linkend='ref-devtool-reference'><filename>devtool</filename> Quick Reference</link>"
+            chapter for more information on <filename>devtool</filename>.
         </para>
 
         <para>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 0d01c16ddb..12876e3d9a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -16629,16 +16629,16 @@
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    When the
-                    <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-                    class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe
-                    check for what the latest upstream source code version is
-                    by calling
+                    You can perform a per-recipe check for what the latest
+                    upstream source code version is by calling
                     <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>.
                     If the recipe source code is provided from Git
                     repositories, the OpenEmbedded build system determines the
                     latest upstream version by picking the latest tag from the
                     list of all repository tags.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
                     You can use the
                     <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX</filename>
                     variable to provide a regular expression to filter only the
@@ -16658,11 +16658,8 @@
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    When the
-                    <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-                    class is enabled globally, use the
-                    <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> variable to
-                    specify a different regular expression instead of the
+                    Use the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> variable
+                    to specify a different regular expression instead of the
                     default one when the package checking system is parsing
                     the page found using
                     <link linkend='var-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI'><filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename></link>.
@@ -16680,12 +16677,9 @@
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    When the
-                    <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-                    class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe
-                    check for what the latest upstream source code version is
-                    by calling <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>
-                    <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>.
+                    You can perform a per-recipe check for what the latest
+                    upstream source code version is by calling
+                    <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>.
                     If the source code is provided from tarballs, the latest
                     version is determined by fetching the directory listing
                     where the tarball is and attempting to find a later tarball.