From 6dbc7c9a4afc7dd16fb4adf794b78d06d6df517a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov>
Date: Apr 04 2017 15:47:00 +0000
Subject: Yet another handy utility


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diff --git a/docs/show_update_dates.py b/docs/show_update_dates.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#PYTHON_ARGCOMPLETE_OK
+#pylint: disable=line-too-long
+'''
+    This script will simply print out updates and their publication dates
+'''
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+# Version 0.1 by Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov> for Scientific Linux
+
+# for python3 compat
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from updateinfo.updateinfo import Updateinfo
+from updateinfo.helpers.repo import get_xml_from_repo
+
+def read_updateinfo_xml_from_repo(repobase):
+    ''' Get an updateinfo file, parse it and return the resulting object'''
+    txt = get_xml_from_repo(repobase, mdtype='updateinfo')
+
+    updateinfo_obj = Updateinfo()
+    updateinfo_obj.xml = txt
+
+    return updateinfo_obj
+
+def read_updateinfo_xml_from_file(filename):
+    ''' Open an updateinfo file, parse it and return the resulting object'''
+    _fd = open(filename, 'r')
+    txt = _fd.read()
+    _fd.close()
+
+    updateinfo_obj = Updateinfo()
+    updateinfo_obj.xml = txt
+
+    return updateinfo_obj
+
+def read_updateinfo_yaml_from_file(filename):
+    ''' Open an updateinfo file, parse it and return the resulting object'''
+    _fd = open(filename, 'r')
+    txt = _fd.read()
+    _fd.close()
+
+    updateinfo_obj = Updateinfo()
+    updateinfo_obj.yaml = txt
+
+    return updateinfo_obj
+
+def merge_updateinfo(primary, add_these):
+    '''merge in the elements from add_these into the primary object'''
+    for update in add_these:
+        primary.add(add_these[update])
+
+    return primary
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import textwrap
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+    PARSER = ArgumentParser(description=textwrap.dedent(__doc__))
+
+    PARSER.add_argument('filename', nargs='+',
+                        help='What should be parsed?  List however many')
+    PARSER.add_argument('--valsep', default='|',
+                        help='How is output seperated')
+    PARSER.add_argument('--isyaml', action='store_true',
+                        default=False, help='Are the source files YAML instead of XML')
+
+    ARGS = PARSER.parse_args()
+
+    MYUPDATEINFO = Updateinfo()
+
+    for FILE in ARGS.filename:
+        if ARGS.isyaml:
+            TMPNAME = read_updateinfo_yaml_from_file(FILE)
+        else:
+            if FILE.startswith('http') or FILE.startswith('ftp://'):
+                TMPNAME = read_updateinfo_xml_from_repo(FILE)
+            else:
+                TMPNAME = read_updateinfo_xml_from_file(FILE)
+        merge_updateinfo(MYUPDATEINFO, TMPNAME)
+
+    NOW = datetime.now()
+
+    for UPDATE in MYUPDATEINFO:
+        TXT = MYUPDATEINFO[UPDATE].updateid + ARGS.valsep + MYUPDATEINFO[UPDATE].updatetype + ARGS.valsep
+        print(TXT + str(MYUPDATEINFO[UPDATE].issued_date))
+