ENH: Track outdated allows in recipe

recipes/mne-python/construct.yaml

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ specs:
   - pytest-timeout =2.3.1
   - pre-commit =3.8.0
   - ruff =0.5.7
-  - uv =0.2.35
+  - uv =0.2.36
   - check-manifest =0.49.0
   - codespell =2.3.0
   - py-spy =0.3.14
@@ -192,21 +192,21 @@ specs:
   - hatchling =1.25.0
   - hatch-vcs =0.4.0
   - mypy =1.11.1
-  - towncrier =23.11.0
+  - towncrier =23.11.0  # allow_outdated, 24.7.1 doesn't work with sphinxcontrib-towncrier
   - vulture =2.11
   # Doc building
   - numpydoc =1.8.0
   - pydata-sphinx-theme =0.15.4
   - graphviz =12.0.0
   - python-graphviz =0.20.3
   - selenium =4.23.1
-  - sphinx =7.4.7
+  - sphinx =7.4.7  # allow_outdated, sphinx-design not 8.0 compatible
   - sphinx-design =0.6.1
   - sphinx-gallery =0.17.1
   - sphinxcontrib-bibtex =2.6.2
   - sphinx-copybutton =0.5.2
   - sphinxcontrib-youtube =1.4.1
-  - intersphinx-registry =0.2406.4
+  - intersphinx-registry =0.2408.13
   # OS-specific
   - git =2.46.0  # [win]
   - make =4.3  # [win]

tests/test_outdated.py

@@ -23,13 +23,22 @@ def _cache(fun):
 
 recipe_dir = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "recipes" / "mne-python"
 construct_yaml_path = recipe_dir / "construct.yaml"
+print(f"Analyzing spec file: {construct_yaml_path}\n")
+
 recipe = construct_yaml_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-construct_yaml = yaml.safe_load(recipe)
-specs = construct_yaml["specs"]
+lines = [line.strip() for line in recipe.splitlines()]
+lines = [
+    line
+    for line in lines[lines.index("specs:") + 1 : lines.index("condarc:")]
+    if line and not line.startswith("#")
+]
+for line in lines:
+    assert line.startswith("- "), f"Line does not start with '- ': {line=}"
+lines = [line[2:] for line in lines]
+specs = yaml.safe_load(recipe)["specs"]
+assert len(specs) == len(lines), f"{len(specs)=} != {len(lines)=}"
 LJUST = 25
 
-print(f"Analyzing spec file: {construct_yaml_path}\n")
-
 
 @dataclass()
 class Package:  # noqa: D101
@@ -38,13 +47,18 @@ class Package:  # noqa: D101
     version_conda_forge: str | None = None
 
 
-allowed_outdated: set[str] = {
-    "sphinx",  # sphinx-design not compatible
-    "towncrier",  # doesn't work with
-}
+allowed_outdated: set[str] = set()
 packages: list[Package] = []
 
-for spec in specs:
+for line, spec in zip(lines, specs):
+    if "#" in line:
+        line_spec, comment = line.split("#", maxsplit=1)
+        line_spec = line_spec.strip()
+    else:
+        line_spec, comment = line, ""
+    assert line_spec == spec, f"{line_spec=} != {spec=}"
+    del line_spec
+
     if " " in spec:
         assert spec.count(" ") == 1, f"Wrong number of spaces in spec: {spec}"
         name, version = spec.split(" ")
@@ -57,6 +71,9 @@ class Package:  # noqa: D101
         name = spec
         version = None
 
+    if "allow_outdated" in comment:
+        allowed_outdated.add(name)
+
     packages.append(Package(name=name, version_spec=version))
     del name, version