i would be tickled pink to see you take that on :). i am more than happy to
help/support in any way, just can't currently commit (no pun intended) to
more than moderate amounts of typing, as my arm just can't do it. (That
doesn't rule out Skype or similar, though.)

----- stephan
Sent from a mobile device, possibly from bed (a train station bench, in
this case). Please excuse brevity, typos, and top-posting.
On Dec 18, 2015 20:02, "Ross Berteig" <r...@cheshireeng.com> wrote:

>
> 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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