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

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

Hi,

On Fri Feb 27, 2026 at 11:26 AM CET, Quentin Schulz via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> 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 It'll still be regularly outdated.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.

You're right, I forgot about that inventory file :( made this change with an
offline build in mind.

Fetching the file when building seems like a proper solution, although:

- IMO, we need to fallback on fixed values, even if they're outdated, to not
  block a documentation build if we can't fetch the releases.json file

- on the Autobuilder, we need to do the opposite: block a build if we can't
  fetch the releases.json file

- avoid fetching the file again if we already did (especially important on the
  Autobuilder as we don't want the file to be fetched for every tag + we don't
  want it to change during a build)

With this in mind, I'll work on a v3. Thanks for your insights!

Antonin