Re: [docs] [PATCH v2 1/3] tools/fetch-releases-json: add to fetch and format releases.json

[Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>]

Hi Antonin,

On 2/26/26 3:00 PM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> Add a simple script that can be used to fetch and format the
> releases.json file from https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/releases.json.
> 

OK but why do we want this in the tree? It'll still be regularly outdated.

I understand not wanting to rely on a network connection, but we already 
need that for the bitbake's object.inv we download... so this ain't that 
much different.

Then, it's never outdated?

[...]

> diff --git a/documentation/tools/fetch-releases-json b/documentation/tools/fetch-releases-json
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000..d06a1428f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/documentation/tools/fetch-releases-json
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +#!/usr/bin/env python3
> +#
> +# Fetch the releases.json file from the remote endpoint and format it.
> +# Copyright Linux Foundation
> +# Author: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
> +#
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> +#
> +
> +import argparse
> +import json
> +
> +from pathlib import Path
> +from urllib.request import urlopen
> +
> +
> +def main():
> +
> +    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Fetch and format releases.json")
> +    parser.add_argument("output", type=Path, help="Output releases.json file")
> +    args = parser.parse_args()
> +
> +    with urlopen("https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/releases.json") as req:
> +        releases = json.load(req)
> +        with open(args.output, "w") as f:
> +            json.dump(releases, f, indent=2)
> +

Why not updating 
https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-autobuilder-helper/tree/scripts/release-parser.py#n134 
to store with the proper indent already?

json.dumps(data, indent=2)

Then you don't need each consumer to add the indent.

Or even better... why do you even care about a reviewable diff? The diff 
doesn't matter, it's the file itself that does.

b4 shazam the patch, run the script locally/download the file, check 
that your git tree is unchanged, merge the patch?

Or even betterer like I mentioned at the beginning of the mail, don't 
even version this file to begin with.

Cheers,
Quentin