Atlassian Jira/Confluence Version Check with LTS-flag (#144) · Issues · Linuxfabrik / Monitoring Plugins Collection

Atlassian Jira/Confluence Version Check with LTS-flag

Both scripts check for the latest release of Jira Core and Confluence but do not recognize the Long Term Support releases.

The scripts fetch this feeds for the latest releases:

Wish to choose wether I check against the latest release or the LTS. Maybe with this flag, each script:


    parser.add_argument(
        '--track-lts-only',
        help='Track Long Term Support releases only.',
...
        default=False,
        )

The problem seems, that the feeds do net mark out wether a release is LTS or not, for example:

<item>
<title>8.14.0 (Linux 64 Bit Installer)</title>
<link>https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-core-8.14.0-x64.bin</link>
<content:encoded><p><strong>File: </strong><a href='https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-core-8.14.0-x64.bin'>8.14.0 (Linux 64 Bit Installer)</a></p> <p><strong>Size: </strong>377.3 MB</p> <p><strong>Released: </strong>22-Nov-2020</p> <p><strong>Platforms: </strong>Unix</p> <p><strong>Release Notes: </strong><a href='https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.14.x+release+notes'>https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.14.x+release+notes</a></p> <p><strong>Upgrade Notes: </strong><a href='https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.14.x+upgrade+notes'>https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.14.x+upgrade+notes</a></p></content:encoded>
<guid>https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-core-8.14.0-x64.bin</guid>
</item>
<item>
<title>8.13.1 (Linux 64 Bit Installer)</title>
<link>https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-core-8.13.1-x64.bin</link>
<content:encoded><p><strong>File: </strong><a href='https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-core-8.13.1-x64.bin'>8.13.1 (Linux 64 Bit Installer)</a></p> <p><strong>Size: </strong>361.6 MB</p> <p><strong>Released: </strong>01-Nov-2020</p> <p><strong>Platforms: </strong>Unix</p> <p><strong>Release Notes: </strong><a href='https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.13.x+release+notes'>https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.13.x+release+notes</a></p> <p><strong>Upgrade Notes: </strong><a href='https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.13.x+upgrade+notes'>https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACORE/JIRA+Core+8.13.x+upgrade+notes</a></p></content:encoded>
<guid>https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-core-8.13.1-x64.bin</guid>
</item>

An idea is to follow the release notes for clarifying. Other sources for tracking the latest LTS releases may:

What do you think?