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diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-intro.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-intro.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 3f206fd54b..0000000000 --- a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-intro.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-2.0-UK - -********************************************** -The Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual -********************************************** - -.. _overview-manual-welcome: - -Welcome -======= - -Welcome to the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual! This manual -introduces the Yocto Project by providing concepts, software overviews, -best-known-methods (BKMs), and any other high-level introductory -information suitable for a new Yocto Project user. - -The following list describes what you can get from this manual: - -- `Introducing the Yocto Project <#overview-yp>`__\ *:* This chapter - provides an introduction to the Yocto Project. You will learn about - features and challenges of the Yocto Project, the layer model, - components and tools, development methods, the - :term:`Poky` reference distribution, the - OpenEmbedded build system workflow, and some basic Yocto terms. - -- `The Yocto Project Development - Environment <#overview-development-environment>`__\ *:* This chapter - helps you get started understanding the Yocto Project development - environment. You will learn about open source, development hosts, - Yocto Project source repositories, workflows using Git and the Yocto - Project, a Git primer, and information about licensing. - -- :doc:`overview-manual-concepts` *:* This - chapter presents various concepts regarding the Yocto Project. You - can find conceptual information about components, development, - cross-toolchains, and so forth. - -This manual does not give you the following: - -- *Step-by-step Instructions for Development Tasks:* Instructional - procedures reside in other manuals within the Yocto Project - documentation set. For example, the :doc:`../dev-manual/dev-manual` - provides examples on how to perform - various development tasks. As another example, the - :doc:`../sdk-manual/sdk-manual` manual contains detailed - instructions on how to install an SDK, which is used to develop - applications for target hardware. - -- *Reference Material:* This type of material resides in an appropriate - reference manual. For example, system variables are documented in the - :doc:`../ref-manual/ref-manual`. As another - example, the :doc:`../bsp-guide/bsp-guide` contains reference information on - BSPs. - -- *Detailed Public Information Not Specific to the Yocto Project:* For - example, exhaustive information on how to use the Source Control - Manager Git is better covered with Internet searches and official Git - Documentation than through the Yocto Project documentation. - -.. _overview-manual-other-information: - -Other Information -================= - -Because this manual presents information for many different topics, -supplemental information is recommended for full comprehension. For -additional introductory information on the Yocto Project, see the -:yocto_home:`Yocto Project Website <>`. If you want to build an image -with no knowledge of Yocto Project as a way of quickly testing it out, -see the :doc:`../brief-yoctoprojectqs/brief-yoctoprojectqs` document. -For a comprehensive list of links and other documentation, see the -":ref:`Links and Related -Documentation <resources-links-and-related-documentation>`" -section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. |