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Prototype: build script — zip addons, generate addons.xml entries and md5s per channel #15
Description
Part of #12
Question
What does the build script look like that turns this repo's sources into a channel-organised release bundle?
Prototype a script (Python, stdlib-only preferred) that:
- Discovers every addon dir with an
addon.xml, reads id/version, zips each as<id>-<version>.zipwith the correct internal layout. - Organises output per channel according to the channel manifest.
- Emits per-channel
addons.xmlentries (or full files) +.md5, plus the assets the datadir needs. - Is runnable locally (
python tools/build_repo.py) so the maintainer and CI share one code path.
Blocked by the artifact-format research and the channel manifest decision.
Deliverable: working prototype on a branch, linked from this issue.
Activity
Add prototype repo build script and channel manifest
JMAN730 commentedon Jul 6, 2026
Resolved. Working prototype:
tools/build_repo.py+channels.jsonon branchJMAN730/setup-matt-pocock-skills(commit 86b6717). Run withpython3 tools/build_repo.py— stdlib only, one code path for local and CI.Verified against the real sources:
out/<channel>/…; correctly skips the two[]-mapped services; enforces both manifest rules (unmapped dir / dangling entry → hard fail).addons.xmlper channel wraps eachaddon.xmlverbatim and re-parses cleanly;.md5is the bare hash of the exact bytes (verified withmd5sum).<assets>files are copied intodatadir/<id>/with subpaths preserved (e.g. redlight'sresources/media/addon_icons/icon.png).Finding (pre-existing source bug):
plugin.audio.mp3streamsdeclares<icon>icon.png</icon>/<fanart>fanart.jpg</fanart>but the icon actually lives atart/icon.pngand no fanart file exists — its icon is broken on the live server today too. Fix belongs in that addon'saddon.xml(<icon>art/icon.png</icon>, drop the fanart entry), left for the maintainer or a follow-up PR; the script surfaces it as a WARN.Handed to the release-wiring ticket: the
out/tree is exactly the shape the maintainer must land on the server, so the bundle question in "Define the maintainer handoff" reduces to how to wrap this tree.JMAN730 commentedon Jul 6, 2026
Closing — prototype built and verified, see resolution above.