{"categories":[{"label":"Build Tools","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-build-tools/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Extends colcon-core to fetch and manage package metadata from remote repositories, enabling build systems to access structured package information during builds.","skillfed_tags":["colcon-plugin","build-metadata"],"use_cases":["Centralize package metadata for large colcon-based monorepos to avoid duplicating build configuration across many repositories.","Fetch build metadata from a shared repository during CI/CD pipelines to configure builds without modifying source code.","Manage cross-project dependencies and metadata in organizations using colcon as their primary build system."],"what_it_does":"colcon-metadata is a plugin for the colcon build system that extends colcon-core to read and manage package metadata stored in remote repositories. It allows build systems to fetch structured information about packages\u2014such as build configuration, dependencies, or other metadata\u2014from centralized metadata repositories rather than deriving it solely from package source code.\n\nThe package is designed for teams using colcon as their build orchestration tool who need to maintain and distribute metadata separately from source repositories. It depends on colcon-core for the plugin framework and PyYAML for parsing metadata files. Development status is marked as Alpha, and the project has been dormant since August 2020, meaning it receives no active maintenance or updates.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are actively using colcon and need to manage package metadata from a centralized repository. No, if you are not already using colcon or if you need active maintenance and support\u2014the package has been dormant since 2020 and may not be compatible with recent colcon-core versions without verification."},"id":"colcon-metadata","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/colcon-metadata","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/colcon-metadata.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/colcon-metadata/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2020-08-10","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"colcon-metadata","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Extension for colcon to read package metadata from files."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":182557,"position":10095,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.2.5"}