Use an external API for getting the up-to-date list of cores
goronfreeman opened this issue · 4 comments
This is a cross-post of an issue I created in mattpannella/pupdate#16. I noticed you use the core list in that repo already and would love your input on this.
I've noticed there are several tools in the community for updating Pocket cores. I have contributed to the
update-pocketproject, I'm aware of your project, and I know there is now a Windows application. Every time a new core is released, every project needs to update its own internal list of cores. It is my proposal that instead, we create a new API outside of these projects where the core list can be retrieved from.We already have the great resource
openfpga-cores-inventory, so I suggest that we utilize that for hosting the API. This is another place that has to be independently updated every time a core is released, and is the best resource for members of the community to find the list of available cores. I already have the API put together in a local branch, ready to be put up as a PR, but for this to be successful, the developers of updater tools should all agree on a set JSON structure for the data.I would love to get your feedback on this, and if there is a consensus in the community that this is a good idea, I'm more than happy to stand up the API myself.
I added an issue to keep track of the discussion here: joshcampbell191/openfpga-cores-inventory#5
I'd love to see what you have and how it would work for Matt and I.
I'd love to see what you have and how it would work for Matt and I.
Feel free to join in the coversation at joshcampbell191/openfpga-cores-inventory#6. @mattpannella provided us some information, but I'd love your input as well. The updated README has the documented API. It was closely based off of what you are already using in Matt's project.
This has been implemented in v1.3.1 #19