[FE training-materials-updates] slides/buildroot-introduction: misc updates for 2017.08

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Fri Oct 13 10:36:46 CEST 2017


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commit 1802841d1a474708c83b1bf86172e0840a46f7fe
Author: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 13 10:36:46 2017 +0200

    slides/buildroot-introduction: misc updates for 2017.08
    
    Main update is the mention of the LTS releases.
    
    Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>


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1802841d1a474708c83b1bf86172e0840a46f7fe
 .../buildroot-introduction.tex                      |  18 +++++++++++++++---
 slides/buildroot-introduction/menuconfig.png        | Bin 89950 -> 87458 bytes
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex b/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex
index 3758a0b..e1a440b 100644
--- a/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex
+++ b/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
   \item {\bf Fast}: builds a simple root filesystem in a few minutes
   \item Easy to understand: written in make, extensive documentation
   \item {\bf Small} root filesystem, starting at 2 MB
-  \item {\bf 1800+ packages} for user space libraries/apps available
+  \item {\bf 2200+ packages} for user space libraries/apps available
   \item {\bf Many architectures} supported
   \item {\bf Well-known technologies}: {\em make} and {\em kconfig}
   \item Vendor neutral
   \item Active community, regular releases
     \begin{itemize}
-    \item The present slides cover {\em Buildroot 2016.05}. There may
+    \item The present slides cover {\em Buildroot 2017.08}. There may
       be some differences if you use older or newer Buildroot versions.
     \end{itemize}
   \item \url{http://buildroot.org}
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
       \item Atmel
       \item Analog Devices
       \end{itemize}
+    \item {\bf SoM and board vendors}
     \item Many companies when doing {\em R\&D} on products
     \item Many, many {\bf hobbyists} on development boards:
       Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, etc.
@@ -68,7 +69,11 @@
 
 \begin{frame}{Getting Buildroot}
   \begin{itemize}
-  \item Stable Buildroot releases are published every three months.
+  \item Stable Buildroot releases are published every three months
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item \code{YYYY.02}, \code{YYYY.05}, \code{YYYY.08},
+      \code{YYYY.11}
+    \end{itemize}
   \item Tarballs are available for each stable release
     \begin{itemize}
     \item \url{http://buildroot.org/downloads/}
@@ -82,6 +87,13 @@
     \item \code{git clone git://git.busybox.net/buildroot}
     \item Git tags available for every stable release.
     \end{itemize}
+  \item One {\bf long term support} release published every year
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Maintained during one year
+    \item Security fixes, bug fixes, build fixes
+    \item Current LTS is release is \code{2017.02}, next one will be
+      \code{2018.02}.
+    \end{itemize}
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 
diff --git a/slides/buildroot-introduction/menuconfig.png b/slides/buildroot-introduction/menuconfig.png
index 5ea265b..189f37b 100644
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