googleapis / googleapis/librarian

serviceconfig: hardcode API config extensions

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Description

There are a number of fields we eventually want to move into service config files. That migration will take time, so as an interim step, we should hardcode these values directly in the Librarian repository in order to create a temporary representation generators can read without requiring a full service-config migration.

This structure should be simple and easy to replace once we start work unified configs: https://github.com/googleapis/librarian/milestone/72

The Rust generator currently depends on these fields, which would ideally be the same across all languages:
- release_level
- service config when it is not in the channel directory (examples: https://github.com/googleapis/librarian/issues/3123)
- title-override
- list of APIs to generate

Python and Go additionally rely on:
- REST numeric enums (https://github.com/googleapis/librarian/issues/3005)
- transports
- `*_grpc_service_config.json` (https://github.com/googleapis/librarian/issues/3004)

PHP and Java additionally rely on:
- *`_gapic.yaml` (https://github.com/googleapis/librarian/issues/3041)

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the Rust, Python, Go, PHP, and Java generators currently obtain their listed configuration fields, especially release_level, service configs, transports, API lists, and language-specific config files. Define a simple Librarian representation that generators can read, then verify that each listed generator can consume the required values without a full service-config migration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, java, php, python, rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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