yet another fix on release update issue

jill/download.py

@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ def download_package(version=None, sys=None, arch=None, *,
 
     # allow downloading unregistered releases, e.g., 1.4.0-rc1
     do_release_check = not is_full_version(version)
+
     wrong_args = False
     try:
-        version = latest_version(version, system, architecture)
+        version = latest_version(version, system, architecture, update=True)
     except ValueError as e:
         # hide the nested error stack :P
         wrong_args = True
@@ -123,19 +124,9 @@ def download_package(version=None, sys=None, arch=None, *,
         msg += f"example: jill download 1 linux x86_64"
         raise(ValueError(msg))
 
-    if architecture in ["ARMv7", "ARMv8"]:
-        # TODO: fix update functionality for it in version_utils
-        msg = f"update is disabled for tier-2 support {architecture}"
-        logging.warning(msg)
-        print(f"{color.YELLOW}{msg}{color.END}")
-        update = False
-    else:
-        update = True
-
     release_str = f"{version}-{system}-{architecture}"
     if do_release_check:
-        rst = is_version_released(version, system, architecture,
-                                  update=update)
+        rst = is_version_released(version, system, architecture)
         if not rst:
             msg = f"failed to find Julia release for {release_str}."
             logging.info(msg)

jill/install.py

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def install_julia(version=None, *,
 
     wrong_args = False
     try:
-        version = latest_version(version, system, arch)
+        version = latest_version(version, system, arch, update=True)
     except ValueError as e:
         # hide the nested error stack :P
         wrong_args = True

jill/utils/version_utils.py

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ def is_version_released(version, system, architecture,
         if rst:
             logging.info(f"get new release {item}")
             try:
-                os.chmod(RELEASE_CONFIGFILE, mode=0o755) # TODO: put this line to the "right" place
+                # TODO: put this line to the "right" place
+                os.chmod(RELEASE_CONFIGFILE, mode=0o755)
                 with open(RELEASE_CONFIGFILE, 'a') as csvfile:
                     writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
                     writer.writerow(item)
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ def latest_patch_version(version, system, architecture, **kwargs) -> str:
     """
     if version == "latest":
         return version
+
     # TODO: this is only useful for ARM, remove it (#16)
     if (architecture in ["ARMv7", "ARMv8"] and
             not kwargs.get("update", False)):
@@ -228,15 +230,26 @@ def latest_version(version, system, architecture, update=True, **kwargs) -> str:
     if is_full_version(version):
         return version
 
+    if architecture in ["ARMv7", "ARMv8"]:
+        # TODO: fix update functionality for it in version_utils
+        msg = f"update is disabled for tier-2 support {architecture}"
+        logging.warning(msg)
+        print(f"{color.YELLOW}{msg}{color.END}")
+        update = False
+    else:
+        update = True
+
+    if update:
+        print(f"query the latest {version} version, it may take seconds...")
     if len(version.strip()) == 0:
         # if empty string is provided, query the latest version since 1.0.0
-        return latest_major_version('1', system, architecture, **kwargs)
+        return latest_major_version('1', system, architecture, update=update, **kwargs)
     else:
         # TODO: we can also support ^ and > semantics here
         f_list = [latest_minor_version,
                   latest_patch_version]
         idx = len(version.split('.')) - 1
-        return f_list[idx](version, system, architecture, **kwargs)
+        return f_list[idx](version, system, architecture, update=update, **kwargs)
 
 
 def sort_releases():

setup.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='jill',
-    version='0.6.7',
+    version='0.6.8',
     author="Johnny Chen",
     author_email="[email protected]",
     description="JILL -- Julia Installer for Linux (MacOS, Windows and FreeBSD) -- Light",