site 1.8.1: the boot screen names the release (Pionaarr Mods 1.8.1)

make_builder_data.py writes the site version into the credit mod's RELEASE
and into the pages' and the builder's boot text on every run; new boot
screen shots.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

tools/changelog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 {
   "_about": "The site's changelog, newest first. Versions follow Semantic Versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH), dates ISO 8601 (DIN EN 28601). make_builder_data.py adds every mod's current version from its module and writes assets/versions.js.",
   "site": [
+    {
+      "version": "1.8.1",
+      "date": "2026-10-20",
+      "changes": [
+        "The boot screen names the release: Pionaarr Mods 1.8.1 (it said 1.0); from now on always the latest."
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "version": "1.8.0",
       "date": "2026-10-20",
@@ -325,6 +332,15 @@
           "Hot cue colours read correctly when a cue has a comment."
         ]
       }
+    ],
+    "credit": [
+      {
+        "version": "1.1.0",
+        "date": "2026-10-20",
+        "changes": [
+          "The boot text carries the Pionaarr Mods release number, always the latest."
+        ]
+      }
     ]
   }
 }

tools/make_builder_data.py

@@ -158,12 +158,30 @@ def python_bundle(repo):
     return out
 
 
+def set_release(repo):
+    """The boot screen (the credit mod) names the Pionaarr Mods release: always
+    the site's version (tools/changelog.json), written into credit.py's
+    RELEASE before anything is built."""
+    import re
+    with open(os.path.join(HERE, 'changelog.json'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        site = json.load(f)['site'][0]['version']
+    path = os.path.join(repo, 'mods', 'cdj900nxs', 'credit.py')
+    with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        src = f.read()
+    new = re.sub(r"^RELEASE = '[^']*'", "RELEASE = '%s'" % site, src, count=1, flags=re.M)
+    if new != src:
+        with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
+            f.write(new)
+        print('set credit.RELEASE to %s (the boot screen)' % site)
+
+
 def main():
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     ap.add_argument('--repo', default=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(WEB), 'CDJ900NXSVirtual'))
     args = ap.parse_args()
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(args.repo, 'mods'))
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(args.repo, 'mods', 'cdj900nxs'))
+    set_release(args.repo)
     import patch_cdj900nxs as p
     import hotcuekeys as hk
     import cuecolours
@@ -286,10 +304,19 @@ def write_versions(p):
             html = f.read()
         new = re.sub(r'(href|src)="((?:style\.css|script\.js|assets/versions\.js|builder/[a-z]+\.js))(\?v=[^"]*)?"',
                      lambda m: '%s="%s?v=%s"' % (m.group(1), m.group(2), data['site']), html)
+        new = re.sub(r'Pionaarr Mods \d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?', 'Pionaarr Mods ' + data['site'], new)   # the boot text
         if new != html:
             with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
                 f.write(new)
             print('stamped %s with ?v=%s' % (name, data['site']))
+    ui = os.path.join(WEB, 'builder', 'ui.js')
+    with open(ui, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        js = f.read()
+    new = re.sub(r'Pionaarr Mods \d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?', 'Pionaarr Mods ' + data['site'], js)
+    if new != js:
+        with open(ui, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
+            f.write(new)
+        print('stamped builder/ui.js with Pionaarr Mods %s' % data['site'])
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':