should the YP docs mention layers.openembedded.org recipe advanced query?

should the YP docs mention layers.openembedded.org recipe advanced query?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  while transferring some ptest content from the ptest wiki page to
the docs, i was reminded of the advanced query feature of recipes tab
of the OE layers page:

https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/recipes/

which that ptest wiki page mentioned toward the end:

https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Ptest#Recipes_with_ptest_Enabled

as to how to list all recipes that inherited ptest if one wanted to
see some examples:

http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/recipes/?q=inherits%3Aptest

it occurred to me that that would be kind of a useful note to make in,
say, the ref manual "classes" section -- to inform the reader how to
find examples of recipes that inherit a given class to see how it's
done.

  rather than add a note to the "classes" section, would it make more
sense to add a more comprehensive section somewhere on how to use that
advanced query feature and link to it when appropriate? or does that
feature fall outside the scope of the YP docs?

rday

Re: [docs] should the YP docs mention layers.openembedded.org recipe advanced query?

[Antonin Godard]

Hi,

On Tue Jun 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>   while transferring some ptest content from the ptest wiki page to
> the docs, i was reminded of the advanced query feature of recipes tab
> of the OE layers page:
>
> https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/recipes/
>
> which that ptest wiki page mentioned toward the end:
>
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Ptest#Recipes_with_ptest_Enabled
>
> as to how to list all recipes that inherited ptest if one wanted to
> see some examples:
>
> http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/recipes/?q=inherits%3Aptest
>
> it occurred to me that that would be kind of a useful note to make in,
> say, the ref manual "classes" section -- to inform the reader how to
> find examples of recipes that inherit a given class to see how it's
> done.
>
>   rather than add a note to the "classes" section, would it make more
> sense to add a more comprehensive section somewhere on how to use that
> advanced query feature and link to it when appropriate? or does that
> feature fall outside the scope of the YP docs?

Perhaps you can add a note in

documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst:Locating and Using a Similar Recipe

I wouldn't dive into too much details though.

Antonin