[v2] make job descriptor JSON5 compatible
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enhancement
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v2_overhaul
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 20
- Forks
- 17
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Current state: the serialization/deserialization of JSON is done with the golang "encoding/json" package which only understands the standard ECMA flavor.
It has proven useful to have comments in the input descriptors, so we should use a format that supports that.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the job descriptor serialization and deserialization that use Go's encoding/json package, then identify a JSON5-compatible format or parser. Done means descriptors containing comments can be read while serialization and deserialization continue to work.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100