Re: [docs] in what context is "sysvinit" the "default init manager for YP"?

On Thu Jun 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>   here:
>
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/init-manager.html#
>
> The opening sentence is:
>
> "By default, the Yocto Project uses SysVinit as the initialization
> manager."
>
>   that claim is confusing since if one initializes a build using basic
> OE, the default init manager is, of course, systemd. OTOH, if one adds
> the meta-poky layer to the build and selects:
>
>   DISTRO = "poky"
>
> then, yes, the init manager will be "sysvinit".
>
>   so is it assumed, in the docs, that a YP build will implicitly
> select the "poky" distro? should that section be expanded just a wee
> bit to explain the possibilities?

Outdated docs. You can replace:

"""
By default, the Yocto Project uses SysVinit as the initialization manager
"""

by

"""
By default, the :term:`Poky` distro uses SysVinit as the initialization
manager.
"""

Antonin