ref-manual: add LTS and Mixin terms

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Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
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Michael Opdenacker
2023-07-20 15:11:18 +02:00
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Layers`" section in the Yocto Project Board Support Packages (BSP)
Developer's Guide.
:term:`LTS`
This term means "Long Term Support", and in the context of the Yocto
Project, it corresponds to selected stable releases for which bug and
security fixes are provided for at least four years. See
the :ref:`ref-long-term-support-releases` section for details.
:term:`Metadata`
A key element of the Yocto Project is the Metadata that
is used to construct a Linux distribution and is contained in the
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:yocto_git:`yocto-kernel-cache </yocto-kernel-cache>`
Git repository.
:term:`Mixin`
A :term:`Mixin` layer is a layer which can be created by the community to
add a specific feature or support a new version of some package for an
:term:`LTS` release. See the :ref:`ref-long-term-support-releases`
section for details.
:term:`OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core)`
OE-Core is metadata comprised of
foundational recipes, classes, and associated files that are meant to