ref-manual: Updated LAYERSERIES_COMPAT variable description.

Minor re-wordings from review.

(From yocto-docs rev: d4598e7e43a8bafa4ff6ddeec50febcedc41b411)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2018-04-06 15:45:01 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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@@ -7830,8 +7830,11 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<link linkend='oe-core'>OpenEmbedded Core</link> project
for which a layer is compatible.
Using the <filename>LAYERSERIES_COMPAT</filename> variable
makes it clear when a given layer is unmaintained and
untested with new releases of OE-Core.
allows the layer maintainer to indicate which combinations
of the layer and OE-Core can be expected to work.
The variable gives the system a way to detect when a layer
has not been tested with new releases of OE-Core (e.g.
the layer is not maintained).
</para>
<para>
@@ -7850,8 +7853,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
Setting <filename>LAYERSERIES_COMPAT</filename> is
required by the Yocto Project Compatible version 2
standard.
The OpenEmbedded build system, however, does not
produce an error if the variable is not set.
The OpenEmbedded build system produces a warning if
the variable is not set for any given layer.
</note>
</para>