Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: document PTEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT variable

["Antonin Godard" <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>]

Hi,

On Fri Feb 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM CET, Tim Orling via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> index 208b5e43d..587f67cc6 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> @@ -7793,6 +7793,20 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
>        For more information, see
>        the :ref:`ref-classes-ptest-python-pytest` class documentation.
>  
> +   :term:`PTEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT`
> +      Specifies the timeout in seconds for each ptest suite executed by
> +      ``ptest-runner`` during :ref:`ref-classes-testimage` runtime testing.
> +      The default value is ``"450"`` (7.5 minutes).
> +
> +      This variable is set in the :ref:`ref-classes-testimage` class and can
> +      be overridden in image recipes to adjust the timeout for specific
> +      images or multiconfig variants. For example, in ``core-image-ptest``::
> +
> +         PTEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT:virtclass-mcextend-python3-cffi = "600"

Could you explain why you're using the :virtclass-mcextend-python3-cffi override
here? Seems like a complicated example for this variable's description, but if
it is needed, we might want to explain it?

Antonin