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dev-manual: Updated the poky definition in the "Terms" section.
authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:04:37 +0000 (10:04 -0700)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:07:33 +0000 (11:07 +0100)
Added some stuff about "poky" meaning the default distribution
when using YP and the poky git repository to build an image.

(From yocto-docs rev: bd534a5bdf405044c8f1a60ee9e251bff2a0e53c)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml

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                 A package group is really just another recipe.
                 Because package group files are recipes, they end with the
                 <filename>.bb</filename> filename extension.</para></listitem>
-            <listitem><para id='poky'><emphasis>Poky:</emphasis> The term "poky" can mean several things.
-                In its most general sense, it is an open-source project that was initially developed
-                by OpenedHand.  With OpenedHand, poky was developed off of the existing OpenEmbedded
-                build system becoming a build system for embedded images.
-                After Intel Corporation acquired OpenedHand, the project poky became the basis for
-                the Yocto Project's build system.</para>
-                <para>
-                Within the Yocto Project source repositories, <filename>poky</filename>
-                exists as a separate Git repository
-                that can be cloned to yield a local copy on the host system.
-                Thus, "poky" can refer to the local copy of the Source Directory used to develop within
-                the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para id='poky'><emphasis>Poky:</emphasis>
+                The term "poky" can mean several things.
+                In its most general sense, it is an open-source
+                project that was initially developed by OpenedHand.
+                With OpenedHand, poky was developed off of the existing
+                OpenEmbedded build system becoming a commercially
+                supportable build system for embedded Linux.
+                After Intel Corporation acquired OpenedHand, the
+                project poky became the basis for the Yocto Project's
+                build system.</para>
+                <para>Within the Yocto Project source repositories,
+                <filename>poky</filename> exists as a separate Git
+                repository you can clone to yield a local copy on your
+                host system.
+                Thus, "poky" can refer to the local copy of the Source
+                Directory used for development within the Yocto
+                Project.</para>
+                <para>Finally, "poky" can refer to the default
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO'><filename>DISTRO</filename></ulink>
+                (i.e. distribution) created when you use the Yocto
+                Project in conjunction with the
+                <filename>poky</filename> repository to build an image.
+                </para></listitem>
             <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe:</emphasis>
                 A set of instructions for building packages.
                 A recipe describes where you get source code, which patches