From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E0A6CF3958 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.11306.1763569699517470923 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:28:19 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=w+qQqMQo; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=yExhUEHz3a/d2F0Y5fUD4yHvJzeATGmf6LHD3qlNJMw=; b=w+qQqMQoVpdSuPkV8srLQL1ixq v6VIt38WxmbaRw7AegrEvn89O6qb4rNz/UlSVKy6y57FmRe4jYcxH78eh6xEcDzZ+Tke92dVNQRTn rfuTrTkcNGwZEym26oGXjKXybMYFFldVnq3waXZ4krPgKhiPqjD5n3+Gjz6QobLd9yIixX4CY80b8 YyyrziKbt4te3Wo7N5JgjHQBsCGbuINg75tYNcsDCaf4D8ACV2xN0bq8g+awr75aT5OS+lgpxyT7c C0msy1vgN0IaDsf0sDo0vz6OiwQA3WXEltAdg/GuZYNX8ccbHrJ+P5jGFvOxvRchu1YNCeYsWK3ci aATypLCw==; Received: from [147.129.179.166] (port=60032 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vLl2Q-00000003bit-2DdJ; Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:28:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:28:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: Quentin Schulz cc: YP docs mailing list Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH] brief-yoctoprojectqs: shorten and clarify required host packages In-Reply-To: <9fb855e4-3155-4e57-b9ca-34c56c0de58f@cherry.de> Message-ID: <32fef96c-4f59-cdc8-0b34-4a8303742975@crashcourse.ca> References: <8a97eda5-0b39-03dc-1e37-76031a747f46@crashcourse.ca> <75c51d5b-d1db-71b6-f797-80e21f5033d9@crashcourse.ca> <9fb855e4-3155-4e57-b9ca-34c56c0de58f@cherry.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:28:29 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/8096 On Wed, 19 Nov 2025, Quentin Schulz wrote: > On 11/19/25 5:15 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > what about "relatively recent"? that leaves a lot of wiggle room. > > > > Not really. Don't forget that people can still read the documentation for > older unsupported releases today. What is "relatively recent" today isn't > something we supported back then and that shouldn't be something we should let > the user be confused about. ok, i'll just word it as "running a supported Linux distribution", and that is expanded on in the next section. we're not saying that they *must* be running a supported distro, only that the examples on this page are assuming a supported distro. rday