[master] Pull request

["Antonin Godard" <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>]

The following changes since commit be424bf52cd3ac9c83a4617d0b06afe8cde055be:

  migration-guide: add release notes for 5.0.18 (2026-06-08 17:24:13 +0200)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git@push.yoctoproject.org:yocto-docs master-next

for you to fetch changes up to 47f0f69651280151a52f41fd6b425d55427401e9:

  host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_docs.sh: remove python3-saneyaml (2026-06-22 10:18:23 +0200)

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Antonin Godard (2):
      Document shared state signing
      host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_docs.sh: remove python3-saneyaml

Chen Qi (3):
      ref-manual/variables.rst: add UPSTREAM_STABLE_RELEASE_REGEX and STABLE_VERSION_PARTS
      ref-manual/classes.rst: add upstream-stable-release-point class documentation
      ref-manual/release-process.rst: add patch acceptance policies and stable point release upgrades

Peter Marko (1):
      build-manual: update ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND example

Robert P. J. Day (23):
      ref-manual: clarify that PACKAGE_EXCLUDE supports DEB packaging
      dev-manual: correct example of "bitbake-layers"
      dev-manual: explain how to properly call "bitbake-layers"
      dev-manual: replace period with comma in list
      dev-manual: drop "PREFERRED_VERSION" from x86-base.inc snippet
      dev-manual: change "setup" to "set up" when used as an action
      dev-manual: for testing local changes, refer to devtool section
      dev-manual: fix grammatical error, missing word "with"
      dev-manual: use "trade-off" as the noun
      dev-manual: fix broken grammar in "Libraries" section
      dev-manual: fully define SOLIBS-related variables in bitbake.conf
      security-manual: some grammar and wording fixes in intro
      kernel-dev: break a paragraph into a bullet list
      kernel-dev: remove references to defunct LTSI project
      dev-manual: update AUTOREV explanation to match current file
      dev-manual: SysVinit is the default init manager for Poky
      test-manual: add more detail to the ptest section
      ref-manual: clarify use of "PACKAGE_ARCH" in a packagegroup
      ref-manual: document RM_WORK_EXCLUDE_ITEMS variable
      ref-manual: update glossary entries for packaging backend variables
      ref-manual: add more explanation to glossary variable LICENSE
      ref-manual: explain default value used for SUMMARY
      security-manual: clarify text on avoiding root logins, empty passwords

Vyacheslav Yurkov (1):
      migration-guide: Fix migration scripts

 documentation/dev-manual/build-quality.rst         |   2 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/building.rst              |   2 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst          |  45 ++--
 documentation/dev-manual/hashequivserver.rst       |   4 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/init-manager.rst          |   2 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst                |   9 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/libraries.rst             |   2 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst            |   7 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst     |  10 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/prebuilt-libraries.rst    |   4 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/speeding-up-build.rst     |   2 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/start.rst                 |   8 +-
 documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst |   8 +
 documentation/kernel-dev/concepts-appx.rst         |  16 --
 documentation/kernel-dev/intro.rst                 |  29 ++-
 documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst   |   6 +-
 documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst         |   6 +
 documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst               |  43 ++++
 documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst       | 120 +++++++++
 documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst             | 111 +++++++-
 documentation/security-manual/index.rst            |   1 +
 documentation/security-manual/intro.rst            |  14 +-
 documentation/security-manual/securing-images.rst  |  23 +-
 documentation/security-manual/sstate-signing.rst   | 285 +++++++++++++++++++++
 documentation/test-manual/ptest.rst                |  40 ++-
 documentation/tools/build-docs-container           |   1 -
 .../tools/host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_docs.sh     |   2 +-
 27 files changed, 695 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 documentation/security-manual/sstate-signing.rst