Re: [docs] [PATCH 5/5] ref-manual/terms.rst: refresh the OpenEmbedded build system definition

Antonin Godard
2026-01-09T10:10:26Z

Hi,

On Thu Jan 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM CET, Paul Barker wrote:
> On Wed, 2025-12-24 at 17:24 +0100, Antonin Godard via
> lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
>> Remove the mention of Poky containing BitBake, just mention BitBake.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
>> ---
>> documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
>> index 21e30de96..ea674eff6 100644
>> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
>> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
>> @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case:
>> :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`
>> The build system specific to the Yocto
>> Project. The OpenEmbedded build system is based on another project
>> - known as "Poky", which uses :term:`BitBake` as the task
>> + known as :term:`BitBake` which is the task
>> executor. Throughout the Yocto Project documentation set, the
>> OpenEmbedded build system is sometimes referred to simply as "the
>> build system". If other build systems, such as a host or target build
>
> I think we should replace the first two sentences here with:
>
> The build system used by the Yocto Project, using :term:`Bitbake` as
> the task executor.

I agree, thanks.

Antonin

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Antonin Godard, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering