ref-manual/terms.rst: update Poky description

Poky as in the repository will no longer be updated. Update the
description of Poky to remove the last bullet point, and add a note to
say that Poky was used before.

(From yocto-docs rev: c6f5de9fdbab3f29336ac3bf30150de8777bcad7)

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Antonin Godard 2025-10-30 15:20:53 +01:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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- A means by which to test the Yocto Project components (i.e. Poky
is used to validate the Yocto Project).
- A vehicle through which you can download the Yocto Project.
Poky is not a product level distro. Rather, it is a good starting
point for customization.
.. note::
Poky also used to be a repository containing the combination of
:term:`BitBake`, :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core)`, the
:yocto_git:`meta-yocto </meta-yocto>` repository and the Yocto Project
documentation -- which were combined with the :yocto_git:`combo-layer
</poky-config>` tool.
This repository is still hosted at :yocto_git:`/poky` and is still
updated for maintained releases that are older than Whinlatter (5.3).
Newer releases now use ``bitbake-setup`` to clone and setup the initial
:term:`OpenEmbedded Build System` environment. For more information on
how to use ``bitbake-setup``, see the :doc:`/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index`
document. An alternative can be to setup the above repositories
manually, by following the :doc:`/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup`
section of the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
.. note::
Poky began as an open-source project initially developed by