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overview-manual: simplify style and add missings references

(From yocto-docs rev: 4a07947dbe0dd70fd1d528a207d663dfdca2b7c1)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Michael Opdenacker
2021-05-12 11:31:54 +02:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 42f6423cc8
commit 31f1d4d331
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ section in
the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
If your development host is going to be a system that runs a Linux
distribution, steps still exist that you must take to prepare the system
distribution, you must still take steps to prepare the system
for use with the Yocto Project. You need to be sure that the Linux
distribution on the system is one that supports the Yocto Project. You
also need to be sure that the correct set of host packages are installed
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ set up a development host that runs Linux, see the
":ref:`dev-manual/start:setting up a native linux host`"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
Once your development host is set up to use the Yocto Project, several
methods exist for you to do work in the Yocto Project environment:
Once your development host is set up to use the Yocto Project, there
are several ways of working in the Yocto Project environment:
- *Command Lines, BitBake, and Shells:* Traditional development in the
Yocto Project involves using the :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`,
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ files that are being worked on simultaneously by more than one person.
All this work is done locally on the development host before anything is
pushed to a "contrib" area and examined at the maintainer's level.
A somewhat formal method exists by which developers commit changes and
There is a somewhat formal method by which developers commit changes and
push them into the "contrib" area and subsequently request that the
maintainer include them into an upstream branch. This process is called
"submitting a patch" or "submitting a change." For information on
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ submitting patches and changes, see the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:submitting a change to the yocto project`"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
In summary, a single point of entry exists for changes into a "master"
In summary, there is a single point of entry for changes into a "master"
or development branch of the Git repository, which is controlled by the
project's maintainer. And, a set of developers exist who independently
project's maintainer. A set of developers independently
develop, test, and submit changes to "contrib" areas for the maintainer
to examine. The maintainer then chooses which changes are going to
become a permanent part of the project.