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Update the description of Poky to remove the last bullet point, and add a note to say that Poky was used before. Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard --- documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index e25c714d9..6a9f88061 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst @@ -461,11 +461,26 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: - A means by which to test the Yocto Project components (i.e. Poky is used to validate the Yocto Project). - - A vehicle through which you can download the Yocto Project. - Poky is not a product level distro. Rather, it is a good starting point for customization. + .. note:: + + Poky also used to be a repository containing the combination of + :term:`BitBake`, :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core)`, the + :yocto_git:`meta-yocto ` repository and the Yocto Project + documentation -- which were combined with the :yocto_git:`combo-layer + ` tool. + + This repository is still hosted at :yocto_git:`/poky` and is still + updated for maintained releases that are older than Whinlatter (5.3). + Newer releases now use ``bitbake-setup`` to clone and setup the initial + :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System` environment. For more information on + how to use ``bitbake-setup``, see the :doc:`/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index` + document. An alternative can be to setup the above repositories + manually, by following the :doc:`/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup` + section of the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. + .. note:: Poky began as an open-source project initially developed by