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diff --git a/poky/documentation/overview-manual/development-environment.rst b/poky/documentation/overview-manual/development-environment.rst index 1decf01e4..ab155dc3b 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/overview-manual/development-environment.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/overview-manual/development-environment.rst @@ -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. |