On 12/17/2015 11:45 PM, Stephan Beal wrote:
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Ross Berteig <r...@cheshireeng.com
<mailto:r...@cheshireeng.com>> wrote:


    Build fossil with JSON support, then you get access to a bunch of
    features with data transported in JSON with suitable quoting. I'm
    not sure why JSON is not enabled in the official distributions, it
    works for me.


It's historical: Richard said, way back when, that he'd enable it if it
got full-featured testing, including fuzzy input tests (to check against
external exploits using invalid inputs). i never did that, and my
ongoing arm nerve damage (from too much/sustained typing!) is keeping me
from meaningfully contributing to any software for the foreseeable
future, so i'm not likely to ever get around to it :/. Contributions
would be welcomed!

I really should sign and mail that contributor agreement.... perhaps this is as good a reason as any. Then I can probably find some time to attack test cases for JSON, and maybe with you nagging^H^H^H^H^H^Hmentoring me it could become an official feature.

I swiftly realized that while the existing "fossil ticket" commands allowed for easy access to summary reports, there was no good way to get the full body of a ticket and its commentary out in a way that could be used for automating their publication. I needed that, and you added JSON at exactly the moment I was looking for it.

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Ross Berteig                               r...@cheshireeng.com
Cheshire Engineering Corp.           http://www.CheshireEng.com/
+1 626 303 1602
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