doc: fetch releases from main branch

So we do not need to backport actual EOL dates.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Donnelly <pdonnell@ibm.com>

diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 1bf69eeb153948d93d9e75b9aada97a0bd1fc78b..3c2e214a8aca0787009b077e8b3f7a4ae7c91bbd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import yaml
 import sphinx.util
+import urllib.request
 
+logger = sphinx.util.logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 top_level = \
     os.path.dirname(
@@ -38,10 +40,18 @@ def latest_stable_release():
 
 
 def is_release_eol(codename):
-    with open(os.path.join(top_level, 'doc/releases/releases.yml')) as input:
-        releases = yaml.safe_load(input)['releases']
-        return 'actual_eol' in releases.get(codename, {})
-
+    # Try fetching the latest status from the main branch first
+    try:
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ceph/ceph/main/doc/releases/releases.yml"
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=5) as response:
+            releases = yaml.safe_load(response)['releases']
+            return 'actual_eol' in releases.get(codename, {})
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warn(f"Failed to fetch releases.yml from main, falling back to local: {e}")
+        # Fallback to the local file if the network request fails
+        with open(os.path.join(top_level, 'doc/releases/releases.yml')) as input:
+            releases = yaml.safe_load(input)['releases']
+            return 'actual_eol' in releases.get(codename, {})
 
 # project information
 project = 'Ceph'