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ADOBE_MIRROR, HANDHELDS_CVS and E_SVN were broken links and not used by any recipe in oe-core. FREEDESKTOP_CVS is no longer useful because all the source code that matters is in git; no recipe in oe-core still uses the CVS repository. E_MIRROR, FREEBSD_MIRROR, FREESMARTPHONE_GIT still point to valid-seeming locations but there are no recipes in oe-core that use them. Any layers which need these variables can define them for themselves. GPE_SVN, GPE_EXTRA_SVN, GPEPHONE_MIRROR and GPEPHONE_SVN are not used by any recipe in oe-core and the corresponding projects seem to be mostly dead upstream. Again, any layers which still wish to use these variables can define them locally. All the above are just wasting space in bitbake's datastore and would be better deleted. (From OE-Core rev: 3b333896c71689c664475d53daed52404bf6b21b) Signed-off-by: Phil Blundell <philb@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Poky
Poky is an integration of various components to form a complete prepackaged build system and development environment. It features support for building customised embedded device style images. There are reference demo images featuring a X11/Matchbox/GTK themed UI called Sato. The system supports cross-architecture application development using QEMU emulation and a standalone toolchain and SDK with IDE integration.
Additional information on the specifics of hardware that Poky supports is available in README.hardware. Further hardware support can easily be added in the form of layers which extend the systems capabilities in a modular way.
As an integration layer Poky consists of several upstream projects such as BitBake, OpenEmbedded-Core, Yocto documentation and various sources of information e.g. for the hardware support. Poky is in turn a component of the Yocto Project.
The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about the system including a reference manual which can be found at: http://yoctoproject.org/documentation
OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with DISTRO = "") and contains only emulated machine support.
For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website: http://www.openembedded.org/
Where to Send Patches
As Poky is an integration repository, patches against the various components should be sent to their respective upstreams.
bitbake: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
meta-yocto: poky@yoctoproject.org
Most everything else should be sent to the OpenEmbedded Core mailing list. If in doubt, check the oe-core git repository for the content you intend to modify. Before sending, be sure the patches apply cleanly to the current oe-core git repository. openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Note: The scripts directory should be treated with extra care as it is a mix of oe-core and poky-specific files.