ArgumentOutOfRangeException while parsing github information

[christianvdstap]

netkan file:

{
    "spec_version"   : 1,
    "name"           : "Extraplanetary Launchpads",
    "abstract"       : "Adds the ability to build crafts in flight mode to your game.",
    "identifier"     : "ExtraPlanetaryLaunchpads",
    "$kref"          : "#/ckan/github/taniwha-qf/Extraplanetary-Launchpads",
    "license"        : "LGPL-3.0",
    "release_status" : "stable",
    "ksp_version"    : "0.25",
    "resources"      : {
        "homepage" : "http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/59545"
    },
    "depends"        : [
        {"name" : "ModuleManager"},
    {"name" : "Toolbar"}
    ],
    "recommends"     : [
        {"name" : "KerbalStats"},
    {"name" : "KerbalAttachementSystem"},
    {"name" : "InfernalRobotics"},
    {"name" : "Kethane"}
    ],
    "install"        : [
        {
            "file"       : "ExtraplanetaryLaunchpads",
            "install_to" : "GameData",
        "filter"     : "Ships"
        },
        {
            "file"       : "ExtraplanetaryLaunchpads/Ships",
            "install_to" : "Ships"
        }
    ]
}

command output:

mono ../netkan.exe ../NetKAN/NetKAN/Extraplanetary-Launchpads.netkan 

Unhandled Exception:
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JContainer.GetItem (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray.get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at CKAN.NetKAN.GithubAPI.GetLatestRelease (System.String repository) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at CKAN.NetKAN.MainClass.GitHub (Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject orig_metadata, System.String repo, CKAN.Cache cache) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at CKAN.NetKAN.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JContainer.GetItem (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray.get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at CKAN.NetKAN.GithubAPI.GetLatestRelease (System.String repository) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at CKAN.NetKAN.MainClass.GitHub (Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject orig_metadata, System.String repo, CKAN.Cache cache) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at CKAN.NetKAN.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

[pjf]

Ah! This would be because EL doesn't have real github releases, so the release page there is really just showing a list of tags. Right now we don't exactly handle that very cleanly.

Although on the topic of EL itself, it's probably worth me asking @taniwha-qf if we can have the latest EL releases can be uploaded to the github release page, because it looks like they're very simple CKAN installs otherwise.

[pjf]

Nudging @taniwha-qf on this a little; did we end up with anything from the awesome automatic release uploading tool for github?

[hakan42]

This issue was moved to KSP-CKAN/CKAN-netkan#25

[pjf]

reopening, but with the query of whether we still have this problem?

[Dazpoet]

Running the exact .netkan file from the original post I get told that there are no releases and that netkan is aborting due to an error. Looks clean enough for me.

As for the indexing of this mod we currently index it manually over in CKAN-meta from taniwhas own homepage.

[mheguy]

As the thread establishes: the netkan in the OP doesn't work because there are no releases on github. We don't have a .netkan for EPL in the repo, and EPL is manually indexed in CKAN-meta.

Closing this.