OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project have recently changed their structure to collaborate around a common base: OpenEmbedded-Core, with additional layers being developed to be used on top. Moving to a multi-layer structure presents both organisational advantages and challenges.

This presentation will cover both technical and community aspects and will include recent developments in Yocto Project / OpenEmbedded structure, the current layer landscape, best practices for developing new layers and growing existing ones, and layer tooling enhancements developed as part of the Yocto Project that will benefit the entire OE community, as well as future plans along those lines.