[meta-ti] question on meta-ti for yocto

[Koen Kooi]

Op 21 mrt. 2012, om 21:42 heeft Russell Senior het volgende geschreven:

>>>>>> "Koen" == Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> writes:
> 
>>> I am dumping this mail to ask for some clarifications. I am looking
>>> closely to yocto as environment for building embedded linux distro
>>> for omap based boards.
> 
> Koen> Yocto or poky? If you're after yocto, just follow the
> Koen> instructions in the README, that will get you that using the
> Koen> yocto framework. If you're after poky, that's something
> Koen> completely different.
> 
> A yocto guy I was recently talking to implied that yocto more or less
> equal'd poky.  

Yes, they tend to do that a lot, don't they?

> Frankly, I find these code words baffling.  Can you
> explain or point me at an explanation of the distinction between OE,
> yocto and poky?

Poky used to be a fork of OE that got picked up when the yocto project was founded. After yocto was announced we all agreed they would drop the 'poky'  name and bits and continue together as 'oe-core'. 
What is happening is that some yocto marketing folks are a bit too attached to the poky name and want to muddy the waters. The more confusion, the more business for yocto certified consultants.

regards,

Koen