From patchwork Thu Jul 20 13:13:24 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 27751 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC7E3EB64DA for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:13:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (relay3-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.195]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.12592.1689858811356190620 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:13:32 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=dB0xgNrJ; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.195, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8B73660018; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:13:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1689858809; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ONUHk5ZA2C4SIuZap8GieWCwSXmg+sRUEdptdf7h5mU=; b=dB0xgNrJ3uo7jlHiNB7BmqrpwBXwqln2y6NDVjLdBlb8YBx0kBOBNqn6R1WIj3iQO67sfp OzVxEYD6OTYUxg3PFhkKGpF+r2MqJpqpWJtCfZMjoUYjU1owzU4Na5n1WrrFDmgWqsBiLl DGQ/oUBZ67N03OTt3zKOaMEtJRcSbPl0MNS0I+5cxPJR2Y4xVBrfwJhMrBvJG3RdbmXlpA 2HrfO8gDujpgr52TOI208coxoTEJPnB34lYClNglZVSQ09Y3okn//yB6mPA0hLh5KDJ1g8 oDcdgi4D9MAc1l2pVxcVseeYgxx+mVkzUNY6IuaoXyMFBjzUKkoCpveRyY2E+w== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [kirkstone] ref-manual: add LTS and Mixin terms Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:13:24 +0200 Message-Id: <20230720131325.336321-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-GND-Sasl: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:13:35 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/4073 From: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker --- documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index d94fa4a5c9..ba13f77f19 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst @@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: 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 @@ -230,6 +236,12 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: :yocto_git:`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