SL-18837: Engage initial GH viewer release script.

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -241,16 +241,34 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     needs: build
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'Second_Life_')
     steps:
-      # forked from softprops/action-gh-release
-      - uses: secondlife-3p/action-gh-release@v1
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          prerelease: true
-          generate_release_notes: true
-          # the only reason we generate a GH release is to post build products
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          files: |
-            ${{ needs.build.outputs.installer }}
-            ${{ needs.build.outputs.metadata }}
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: Install PyGithub
+        run: pip3 install PyGithub
+
+      - name: Unpack artifacts
+        env:
+          BUILD: ${{ toJSON(needs.build) }}
+        run: .github/workflows/post_artifacts.py
+
+##    # forked from softprops/action-gh-release
+##    - uses: secondlife-3p/action-gh-release@v1
+##      with:
+##        prerelease: true
+##        generate_release_notes: true
+##        # the only reason we generate a GH release is to post build products
+##        fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+##        files: |
+##          ${{ needs.build.outputs.installer }}
+##          ${{ needs.build.outputs.metadata }}

.github/workflows/post_artifacts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""\
+@file   post_artifacts.py
+@author Nat Goodspeed
+@date   2023-08-18
+@brief  Unpack and post artifacts from a GitHub Actions build
+
+$LicenseInfo:firstyear=2023&license=viewerlgpl$
+Copyright (c) 2023, Linden Research, Inc.
+$/LicenseInfo$
+"""
+
+import github
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+class Error(Exception):
+    pass
+
+def main(*raw_args):
+    buildstr = os.getenv('BUILD')
+    build = json.loads(buildstr)
+    from pprint import pprint
+    pprint(build)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main(*sys.argv[1:]))
+    except Error as err:
+        sys.exit(str(err))