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[176.157.204.145]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i5-20020a5d5585000000b002c569acab1esm13146775wrv.73.2023.03.01.08.48.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:48:44 -0800 (PST) From: Yoann Congal To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker , Richard Purdie , Alexander Kanavin , Yoann Congal Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] ref-manual: Add info on "mixin" layers Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 17:48:15 +0100 Message-Id: <20230301164815.208527-2-yoann.congal@smile.fr> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20230301164815.208527-1-yoann.congal@smile.fr> References: <20230301164815.208527-1-yoann.congal@smile.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:48:50 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/3771 This is heavily inspired from: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stable_Release_and_LTS&oldid=84847#LTS_.E2.80.9CMixin.E2.80.9D_repositories Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker --- documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst index 19e804063..fa057e055 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst @@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ through the same release process as do point releases. You can find more information about stable branch maintenance at :yocto_wiki:`/Stable_branch_maintenance`. +.. note:: + + In some circumstances, a layer can be created by the community in order to + add a specific feature or support a new version of some package for an LTS + release. This is called a "mixin" layer. These are thin and specific + purpose layers which can be stacked with an LTS release to "mix" a specific + feature into that build. These are created on an as-needed basis and + maintained by the people who need them. + + Policies on testing these layers depend on how widespread their usage is and + determined on a case-by-case basis. You can find some "mixin" layers in the + :yocto_git:`meta-lts-mixins ` repository. While the Yocto + Project provides hosting for those repositories, it does not provides + testing on them. Other "mixin" layers may be released elsewhere by the wider + community. + + Testing and Quality Assurance =============================