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documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml: Edits to scrub for Poky 

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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</question>
<answer>
<para>
Poky is a derivative of <ulink
url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>, a stable,
smaller subset focused on the GNOME Mobile environment. Development
in Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded with features being merged
regularly between the two for mutual benefit.
Poky is the Yocto Project build system that was derived from <ulink
url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>.
Poky is a stable, smaller subset focused on the GNOME Mobile environment.
Development in the Yocto Project using Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded with
features being merged regularly between the two for mutual benefit.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
I only have Python 2.4 or 2.5 but BitBake requires Python 2.6 or 2.7.
Can I still use Poky?
Can I still use the Yocto Project?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
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<answer>
<para>
There are three areas that help with stability;
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
We keep Poky small and focused - around 650 packages compared to over 5000 for full OE
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
We only support hardware that we have access to for testing
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
We have an autobuilder which provides continuous build and integration tests
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>The Yocto Project team keeps Poky small and focused.
It contains around 650 packages as compared to over 5000 for full
OpenEmbedded.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The Yocto Project only supports hardware that the
team has access to for testing.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The Yocto Project uses an an autobuilder,
which provides continuous build and integration tests.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
How do I get support for my board added to Poky?
How do I get support for my board added to the Yocto Project?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
There are two main ways to get a board supported in Poky;
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Send us the board if we don't have it yet
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Send us BitBake recipes if you have them (see the Poky handbook to find out how to create recipes)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Usually if it's not a completely exotic board then adding support in Poky should be fairly straightforward.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Send the Yocto Project team information on the board
and if the team does not have it yet they will consider adding it.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Send the Yocto Project team the BitBake recipes if you have them.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Usually, if the board is not a completely exotic, adding support in
the Yocto Project is fairly straightforward.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
Are there any products running poky ?
Are there any products running poky?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
The <ulink url='http://vernier.com/labquest/'>Vernier LabQuest</ulink> is using Poky (for more about the LabQuest see the case study at OpenedHand). There are a number of pre-production devices using Poky and we will announce those as soon as they are released.
The <ulink url='http://vernier.com/labquest/'>Vernier Labquest</ulink> is using
Poky.
See the <ulink url='http://www.vernier.com/products/interfaces/labq/'>Vernier Labquest</ulink>
for more information.
There are a number of pre-production devices using Poky and the Yocto Project team
announces them as soon as they are released.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>