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ref-manual: Review edits to the PR variable in glossary. 

Fixes [YOCTO #9843]

Some minor rewordings and removal of a stray comma.

(From yocto-docs rev: 0b0c8b0b1c4edb86eb2b20c73ffb83d640f6b916)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -9598,15 +9598,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
helps the package manager distinguish which package is the
most recent one in cases where many packages have the same
<filename>PV</filename> (i.e. <filename>PKGV</filename>).
Packages have the same <filename>PV</filename> usually
when the package manager installs the same upstream version
and some of the packages include packaging fixes.
A component having many packages with the same
<filename>PV</filename> usually means that the packages all
install the same upstream version, but with later
(<filename>PR</filename>) version packages including
packaging fixes.
<note>
<filename>PR</filename> does not need to be increased
for changes that do not change the package contents or
metadata.
</note>
Because, manually managing <filename>PR</filename> can be
Because manually managing <filename>PR</filename> can be
cumbersome and error-prone, an automated solution exists.
See the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#working-with-a-pr-service'>Working With a PR Service</ulink>"