From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7521FE9B377 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:55:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wr1-f45.google.com (mail-wr1-f45.google.com [209.85.221.45]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.159712.1772456121298117359 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:55:21 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@smile.fr header.s=google header.b=G3ddmEpt; spf=pass (domain: smile.fr, ip: 209.85.221.45, mailfrom: yoann.congal@smile.fr) Received: by mail-wr1-f45.google.com with SMTP id ffacd0b85a97d-439b6d9c981so684553f8f.1 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:55:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=smile.fr; s=google; t=1772456120; x=1773060920; darn=lists.yoctoproject.org; h=in-reply-to:references:to:from:subject:message-id:date :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=ee+bXOtt6v4+nlqOs403RBeovaAcS6q5hVWKlIZcMV0=; b=G3ddmEptkURAwmSUbF+ggE1w3QS/6fLxj+mjp/72JhH/JuE1ydl6CQwVKlDos72BPs QVN2nwx4UOL7xVQ4EOQoFkxvPBJzA91ERaM1ncusXWJXsRW15+3nQOieyT8dlNUIYaTm QPcnaaAIJU2n/BeAAlK92QWxGPRjtjmGlMfLw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1772456120; x=1773060920; h=in-reply-to:references:to:from:subject:message-id:date :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ee+bXOtt6v4+nlqOs403RBeovaAcS6q5hVWKlIZcMV0=; b=X6GgUvk/58tg55h+waYBgn99ddyME/nqzpLCjhh+vWW7+zMWfc1g+elHt8zmGTwPcR C72A65ghHDXfqd0d0tJASAkvvNt93WsCkYv6zkVFw0sVADc+2nbFjxB3abLRBLRnvsX5 Hb2ZIC75+abyhfIE7KosqdZqtH0Q0EIoK1SQIWAZtpIAFCwb+HZb6pOZBfxBYfUWFFp+ sRZRb0jr86QWP1h0Z7kTyZVD6OOaQnfdLK3Mw2higbCvDQpXrLiFYtz3mQgZG0tVE+s6 +3WguV4onNRqjKmYB/XuefvoUKlYpmA9N2pxowVjgdygHOZ+6Wbx0nLXy871cRsD//zn +ivw== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCXiq7rMqnXxMZRjO/wI6nDnxbt7/bivcRsHpYX2iVdmgM/xwhY6kkh5mY2g/WjWTzK5N1qI@lists.yoctoproject.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzI6z6uBgU3nRFhclXWIAgmUsSoOyTSaEfc8kisznz+BeHXEG6o 9j/rBW71QR8cq9d9cMIffkEmbuRlbmQYMjfixfmCfAqTkq6ik5EXFyl6bBOgtzzytYg= X-Gm-Gg: ATEYQzy1HdmgZsGm2AGMDp8pTrLxoFRaRjD3NAzYJ9a4rPAdqURCE3L0o8NvWEQY8+H 9QchpHx0hWZqP2gNdKWOjSojldDZfr3quWr8acAXnNl8iImYedXJu5bvZvajtwQGtuyMjadh91I gV0vNPLaU5ASpoNPgdiE3iNq0TbHlgBE+H4G8t4ioAnm7WV2Vfs8AIWr6nJ2XC6RGqSGa7TMqrU sGEiczJQiqVDzFdhkbqPYGD5E7V9nItioRdfE8bdfo6hxr2Glw773U3cnBrim/X5Wbfn1SBZGqc a+xl1nl9RGHQjFWS7Y9DFr1170Fih7pOUDTtqUWR1drR+C0W00G+mnHvNjwd9QSxkw3znODz/Fw rSkUmaplRz83FMEw/nGfiLCkaU6q2MSJxlQBnAiIuLTdp7yTbqaDjQYTdLHkzD8facsFzhvqEO6 mX+DjAlqBLmK+qeta9aR7TM1TRzA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:2dc6:b0:439:b79d:b9a6 with SMTP id ffacd0b85a97d-439b79dbc2amr6166116f8f.11.1772456119492; Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:55:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2001:861:8010:5750:5fc1:b679:8afc:8f97]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-439b41831easm10519034f8f.12.2026.03.02.04.55.19 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:55:19 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:55:18 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [docs] should dynamic layers be documented other than as BBFILES_DYNAMIC? From: "Yoann Congal" To: , "YP docs mailing list" X-Mailer: aerc 0.20.0 References: <16cf1ee4-14bc-061c-dac3-3d3ee539cd64@crashcourse.ca> In-Reply-To: <16cf1ee4-14bc-061c-dac3-3d3ee539cd64@crashcourse.ca> List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:55:25 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9042 On Mon Mar 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM CET, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.= org wrote: > > colleague asked about dynamic layers, went to point him at the > relevant part of the docs only to notice that it is not documented > anywhere in the main body of the docs, only via the BBFILES_DYNAMIC > variable in the variables glossary: > > https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/variables.html#term-BBFILES_DYNA= MIC > > i don't care for the idea of the documentation of some feature being > restricted to a short entry in the reference material; IMNSHO, any > "reference" content should be brief and refer the reader to the > "official" explanation somewhere else in the documentation. > > if there was a "proper" place in the YP docs to cover dynamic > layers, where theoretically would that be? Note: This is an opened documentation bug: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.or= g/show_bug.cgi?id=3D15713 > > rday --=20 Yoann Congal Smile ECS