From: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] ref-manual/terms.rst: update Poky description
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:33:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251103-bitbake-setup-v2-6-89fbb14cfbbd@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251103-bitbake-setup-v2-0-89fbb14cfbbd@bootlin.com>
Poky as in the repository will no longer be updated. 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 <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
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 </meta-yocto>` repository and the Yocto Project
+ documentation -- which were combined with the :yocto_git:`combo-layer
+ </poky-config>` 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
--
2.51.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-03 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-03 16:33 [PATCH v2 0/6] Start switching the documentation to bitbake-setup Antonin Godard
2025-11-03 16:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] ref-manual/structure.rst: update the description of local.conf and bblayers.conf Antonin Godard
2025-11-03 16:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] ref-manual/structure.rst: document the site.conf file Antonin Godard
2025-11-03 16:33 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] brief-yoctoprojectqs: delete unused figures Antonin Godard
2025-11-03 16:33 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] brief-yoctoprojectqs: switch to bitbake-setup Antonin Godard
2025-11-04 13:09 ` [docs] " Alexander Kanavin
2025-11-05 8:24 ` Antonin Godard
2025-11-03 16:33 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] dev-manual: add a document to setup poky manually Antonin Godard
2025-11-03 16:33 ` Antonin Godard [this message]
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