Change cb80/delrel@latest action over to equivalent gh cli call due to node 20 deprecation. Fix code to delete placeholder text in setting up downloads page. Both in buildLoadup.yml.

.github/workflows/Dockerfile_medley

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # ******************************************************************************
 
-FROM ubuntu:24.04
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
 #  Handle ARGs, ENV variables, and LABELs

.github/workflows/buildDocker.yml

@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ name: 'Build/Push Docker Image'
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      github_release_tag:
+        description: "Tag of Github Release to be used for this Medley Docker image"
+        type: string
+        default: "Latest"
       draft:
         description: "Mark this as a draft release"
-        type: choice
+        type: boolean
-        options:
+        default: false
-        - 'false'
-        - 'true'
       force:
         description: "Force build even if build already successfully completed for this commit"
-        type: choice
+        type: boolean
-        options:
+        default: false
-        - 'false'
-        - 'true'
 
   workflow_call:
     outputs:
@@ -40,16 +40,21 @@ on:
         description: "'True' if medley docker build completed successully"
         value: ${{ jobs.complete.outputs.build_successful }}
     inputs:
+      github_release_tag:
+        description: "Tag of Github Release to be used for this Medley Docker image"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "Latest"
       draft:
         description: "Mark this as a draft release"
         required: false
-        type: string
+        type: boolean
-        default: 'false'
+        default: false
       force:
         description: "Force build even if build already successfully completed for this commit"
         required: false
-        type: string
+        type: boolean
-        default: 'false'
+        default: false
     secrets:
       DOCKER_USERNAME:
         required: true
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the actions for this repo owner
       - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github
           path: ./Actions_${{ github.sha }}
@@ -104,25 +109,27 @@ jobs:
     needs: [sentry]
     if: |
       needs.sentry.outputs.release_not_built == 'true'
-      || inputs.force == 'true'
+      || inputs.force == true
 
     steps:
       # Checkout latest commit
       - name: Checkout Medley
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      # Find latest release (draft or normal)
+      # Find named or latest release
       # and download its assets
-      - name: Download linux debs from latest (draft) release
+      - name: Download linux debs from named or latest release
         run: |
           tag=""
-          if [ "${{ inputs.draft }}" = "true" ];
+          if [ "${{ inputs.github_release_tag }}" = "Latest" ];
-          then
-            tag=$(gh release list | grep Draft | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $3 }')
-          fi
-          if [ -z "${tag}" ];
           then
             tag=$(gh release list | grep Latest | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $3 }')
+          else
+            tag=$(echo "${{ inputs.github_release_tag }}" | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g')
+            set +e
+            gh release view ${tag} --repo ${{ github.repository_owner }}/medley
+            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "!!!!!!! Error:  Cannot find Medley release ${tag} on github Medley repo. Exiting."; exit 1; fi
+            set -e
           fi
           mkdir -p release_debs
           gh release download ${tag} -D release_debs -p '*-linux-*.deb'
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       # Get Maiko and Medley release information from name of deb files
-      # just downloaded from the Medley latest release
+      # just downloaded from the Medley github release
       - name: Get info about Miako and Medley releases
         id: release_info
         run: |
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "MEDLEY_RELEASE=${medley_release}"     >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "MAIKO_RELEASE=${maiko_release}"       >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
-          # regex="^[^0-9]*\([^_]*\)_\([^-]*-[^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\([^.]*\).*\$"
+          # re gex="^[^0-9]*\([^_]*\)_\([^-]*-[^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\([^.]*\).*\$"
 
       # Set repo env variables
       - name: Set repo/docker env variables
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
               platforms="linux/amd64"
               #,linux/arm64
           else
-              docker_tags="${docker_image}:draft"
+              docker_tags="${docker_image}:draft,${docker_image}:${MEDLEY_RELEASE#*-}_${MAIKO_RELEASE#*-}""
               platforms="linux/amd64"
           fi
           echo "REPO_NAME=${repo_name}"                       >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
@@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Setup the Docker Machine Emulation environment.  
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
         with:
           platforms: linux/amd64
        # ,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7
@@ -178,11 +185,11 @@ jobs:
       # Setup the Docker Buildx funtion
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
 
       # Login into DockerHub - required to store the created image
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
       # checked out and the release tars just downloaded.
       # Push the result to Docker Hub
       - name: Build Docker Image for Push to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
         with:
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
           build-args: |
@@ -223,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the actions for this repo owner
       - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github
           path: ./Actions_${{ github.sha }}

.github/workflows/buildLoadup.yml

@@ -20,35 +20,43 @@ name: Build/Push Medley Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      maiko_release:
+        description: "What maiko release to use"
+        type: string
+        default: 'Latest'
       draft:
         description: "Mark this as a draft release"
-        type: choice
+        type: boolean
-        options:
+        default: false
-        - 'false'
-        - 'true'
       force:
         description: "Force build even if build already successfully completed for this commit"
-        type: choice
+        type: boolean
-        options:
+        default: false
-        - 'false'
-        - 'true'
 
   workflow_call:
     outputs:
       successful:
         description: "'True' if medley build completed successully"
         value: ${{ jobs.complete.outputs.build_successful }}
+      github_release_tag:
+        description: "Github Release tag for release created in this run"
+        value: ${{ jobs.loadup.outputs.github_release_tag }}
     inputs:
+      maiko_release:
+        description: "What maiko release to use"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'Latest'
       draft:
         description: "Mark this as a draft release"
         required: false
-        type: string
+        type: boolean
-        default: 'false'
+        default: false
       force:
         description: "Force build even if build already successfully completed for this commit"
         required: false
-        type: string
+        type: boolean
-        default: 'false'
+        default: false
     secrets:
       OIO_SSH_KEY:
         required: true
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the actions for this repo owner
       - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github
           path: ./Actions_${{ github.sha }}
@@ -100,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
     outputs:
       combined_release_tag: ${{ steps.job_outputs.outputs.COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG }}
+      github_release_tag: ${{ steps.job_outputs.outputs.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }}
       medley_release_tag: ${{ steps.job_outputs.outputs.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
       medley_short_release_tag: ${{ steps.job_outputs.outputs.MEDLEY_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG }}
       debs_filename_base: ${{ steps.debs.outputs.DEBS_FILENAME_BASE }}
@@ -110,12 +119,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: [sentry]
     if: |
       needs.sentry.outputs.release_not_built == 'true'
-      || inputs.force == 'true'
+      || inputs.force == true
 
     steps:
       # Checkout the actions for this repo owner
       - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github
           path: ./Actions_${{ github.sha }}
@@ -123,35 +132,33 @@ jobs:
 
       # Checkout latest commit
       - name: Checkout Medley
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Setup release tag
       - name: Setup Release Tag
         id: tag
         uses: ./../actions/release-tag-action
 
-      # Get Maiko release information, retrieves the name of the latest (draft)
+      # Get Maiko release information, use maiko release tag from input or Latest
       # release.  Used to download the correct Maiko release
-      # Find latest release (draft or normal)
       - name: Get maiko release information
         id: maiko
         run: |
           tag=""
-          if [ "${{ inputs.draft }}" = "true" ];
+          if [ "${{ inputs.maiko_release }}" = "Latest" ];
-          then
-            gh release list --repo ${{ github.repository_owner }}/maiko | grep Draft >/tmp/releases-$$
-            if [ $? -eq 0 ];
-            then
-              tag=$(head -n 1 /tmp/releases-$$ | awk '{ print $3 }')
-            fi
-          fi
-          if [ -z "${tag}" ];
           then
             tag=$(gh release list --repo ${{ github.repository_owner }}/maiko | grep Latest | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $3 }')
+          else
+            tag=$(echo "${{ inputs.maiko_release }}" | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g')
+            set +e
+            gh release view ${tag} --repo ${{ github.repository_owner }}/maiko
+            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "!!!!!!! Error:  Cannot find Maiko release ${tag}. Exiting."; exit 1; fi
+            set -e
           fi
           echo "maiko_tag=${tag}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAIKO_TOKEN }}
+
       # Setup environment variables & establish job outputs
       - name: Setup Environment Variables
         run: |
@@ -166,11 +173,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "MAIKO_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG=${MAIKO_RELEASE_TAG#maiko-}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
       - name: Even More Environment Variables
         run: |
-          echo "COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG=${MEDLEY_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG}_${MAIKO_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
+          crt="${MEDLEY_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG}_${MAIKO_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG}"
+          echo "COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG=${crt}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=medley-${crt}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
       - name: Establish job outputs
         id: job_outputs
         run: |
           echo "COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG=${COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+          echo "GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=${GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
           echo "MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG=${MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
           echo "MEDLEY_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG=${MEDLEY_SHORT_RELEASE_TAG}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
           echo "MAIKO_RELEASE_TAG=${MAIKO_RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
@@ -193,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Checkout Notecards and tar it in the tarballsdir
       - name: Checkout Notecards
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/notecards
           path: ./notecards
@@ -221,21 +231,20 @@ jobs:
 
       # Push the release up to github releases
       - name: Delete existing release with same tag (if any)
-        uses: cb80/delrel@latest
+        run: gh release delete ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }} --cleanup-tag --yes || true
-        with:
+        env:
-            tag: ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Push the release
         id: push
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.21.0
         with:
           allowUpdates: true
           artifacts:
             # ${{ env.TARBALL_DIR }}/notecards.tgz,
             ${{ env.TARBALL_DIR }}/${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}-loadups.tgz,
             ${{ env.TARBALL_DIR }}/${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}-runtime.tgz
-          tag: ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
+          tag: ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }}
           draft: ${{ inputs.draft }}
           prerelease: false
           generateReleaseNotes: true
@@ -243,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Save the tarball directory for subsequent jobs
       - name: Save tarballs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: tarballs
           path: ${{ env.TARBALL_DIR }}
@@ -262,13 +271,13 @@ jobs:
     needs: [sentry, loadup]
     if: |
       needs.sentry.outputs.release_not_built == 'true'
-      || inputs.force == 'true'
+      || inputs.force == true
 
     steps:
 
       # Checkout latest commit
       - name: Checkout Medley
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Environment variables
       - name: Environment variables
@@ -279,13 +288,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG=${{ needs.loadup.outputs.medley_release_tag }}" \
                 >>${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "ARTIFACTS_FILENAME_TEMPLATE=${{ needs.loadup.outputs.artifacts_filename_template }}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=${{ needs.loadup.outputs.github_release_tag }}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
       # Create taball dir
       - run: mkdir -p ${TARBALL_DIR}
 
       #  Get the tarballs
       - name: Get tarballs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: tarballs
           path: ${{ env.TARBALL_DIR }}
@@ -300,13 +310,13 @@ jobs:
       # Push the debs and tgz up to github releases
       - name: Push the release
         id: push_release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.21.0
         with:
           allowUpdates: true
           artifacts:
             ${{ env.DEBS_DIR }}/*.deb,
             ${{ env.TARS_DIR }}/*.tgz
-          tag: ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
+          tag: ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
           omitDraftDuringUpdate: true
@@ -319,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
             mv  medley-full-linux-x86_64-*.tgz medley.tgz
 
       - name: Save medley tar for use in cygwin installers
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: medley-tar
           path: |
@@ -338,7 +348,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [sentry, loadup]
     if: |
       needs.sentry.outputs.release_not_built == 'true'
-      || inputs.force == 'true'
+      || inputs.force == true
 #    if: false
 
     defaults:
@@ -349,7 +359,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Checkout latest commit
       - name: Checkout Medley
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Environment variables
       - name: Environment variables
@@ -360,13 +370,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "TARBALL_DIR=${MACOS_DIR}/tmp/tarballs" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG=${{ needs.loadup.outputs.medley_release_tag }}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "ARTIFACTS_FILENAME_TEMPLATE=${{ needs.loadup.outputs.artifacts_filename_template }}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=${{ needs.loadup.outputs.github_release_tag }}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
       # Create tarball dir
       - run: mkdir -p ${TARBALL_DIR}
 
       #  Get the tarballs
       - name: Get tarballs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: tarballs
           path: ${{ env.TARBALL_DIR }}
@@ -381,13 +392,13 @@ jobs:
       # Push the .dmg and .zip up to github releases
       - name: Push the release
         id: push_release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.21.0
         with:
           allowUpdates: true
           artifacts:
             # 2023-07-20 not yet building dmg -- ${{ env.ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/*.dmg,
             ${{ env.ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/*.zip
-          tag: ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
+          tag: ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
           omitDraftDuringUpdate: true
@@ -409,7 +420,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [sentry, loadup, linux_installer]
     if: |
       needs.sentry.outputs.release_not_built == 'true'
-      || inputs.force == 'true'
+      || inputs.force == true
 
     outputs:
       cygwin_installer: ${{ steps.compile_iss.outputs.CYGWIN_INSTALLER }}
@@ -418,7 +429,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Checkout latest commit
       - name: Checkout Medley
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Store the values output from loadup job as environment variables
       - name: Environment Variables
@@ -426,6 +437,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           $crt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.combined_release_tag }}"
           echo "COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG=$crt" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
+          $grt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.github_release_tag }}"
+          echo "GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=$grt" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
           $mrt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.medley_release_tag }}"
           echo "MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG=$mrt" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
           $msrt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.medley_short_release_tag }}"
@@ -437,7 +450,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Retrieve medley tars from artifact store
       - name: Retrieve medley tar
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: medley-tar
           path: installers/cygwin/
@@ -487,11 +500,11 @@ jobs:
       # Upload windows installer to release
       - name: Upload windows installer to release
         id: push
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.21.0
         with:
           allowUpdates: true
           artifacts: installers/cygwin/${{ env.CYGWIN_INSTALLER }}
-          tag: ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
+          tag: ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
           omitDraftDuringUpdate: true
@@ -512,7 +525,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [sentry, loadup, linux_installer, macos_installer, cygwin_installer]
     if: |
       needs.sentry.outputs.release_not_built == 'true'
-      || inputs.force == 'true'
+      || inputs.force == true
 
     steps:
 
@@ -521,6 +534,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           crt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.combined_release_tag }}"
           echo "COMBINED_RELEASE_TAG=${crt}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
+          grt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.github_release_tag }}"
+          echo "GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=${crt}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
           mrt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.medley_release_tag }}"
           echo "MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG=${mrt}" >>${GITHUB_ENV}
           msrt="${{ needs.loadup.outputs.medley_short_release_tag }}"
@@ -530,7 +545,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Checkout latest commit
       - name: Checkout Medley
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
 
       # Upload a dummy file to release
@@ -540,11 +555,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: echo "placeholder" >placeholder.txt
       - name: Upload windows placeholder.txt to release
         id: pushph
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.21.0
         with:
           allowUpdates: true
           artifacts: placeholder.txt
-          tag: ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }}
+          tag: ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
           omitDraftDuringUpdate: true
@@ -594,7 +609,7 @@ jobs:
       # Remove placeholder.txt
       - name: Remove placeholder.txt
         run: |
-          gh release delete-asset ${{ env.MEDLEY_RELEASE_TAG }} placeholder.txt --yes
+          gh release delete-asset ${{ env.GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG }} placeholder.txt --yes || true
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -616,14 +631,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Delete the tarballs artifact
       - name: Delete tarballs artifact
-        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v5
+        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: tarballs
           failOnError: false
 
       # Checkout the actions for this repo owner
       - name: Checkout Actions
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/.github
           path: ./Actions_${{ github.sha }}

.github/workflows/buildReleaseInclDocker.yml

@@ -24,18 +24,22 @@ on:
 
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      maiko_release:
+        description: "What maiko release to use"
+        type: string
+        default: 'Latest'
       draft:
         description: "Mark this as a draft release"
-        type: choice
+        type: boolean
-        options:
+        default: false
-        - 'false'
+      online:
-        - 'true'
+        description: "Deploy this release online"
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
       force:
         description: "Force build even if build already successfully completed for this commit"
-        type: choice
+        type: boolean
-        options:
+        default: false
-        - 'false'
-        - 'true'
 
   workflow_call:
     outputs:
@@ -43,16 +47,26 @@ on:
         description: "'True' if medley build completed successully"
         value: ${{ jobs.complete.outputs.build_successful }}
     inputs:
+      maiko_release:
+        description: "What maiko release to use"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'Latest'
       draft:
         description: "Mark this as a draft release"
         required: false
-        type: string
+        type: boolean
-        default: 'false'
+        default: false
+      online:
+        description: "Deploy this release online"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
       force:
         description: "Force build even if build already successfully completed for this commit"
         required: false
-        type: string
+        type: boolean
-        default: 'false'
+        default: false
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -63,75 +77,53 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
 
 
-######################################################################################
-
-  # Regularize the inputs so they can be referenced the same way whether they are
-  # the result of a workflow_dispatch or a workflow_call
-
-  inputs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    outputs:
-      draft: ${{ steps.one.outputs.draft }}
-      force: ${{ steps.one.outputs.force }}
-    steps:
-      - id: one
-        run: >
-          if [ '${{ toJSON(inputs) }}' != '{}'  ];
-          then
-            echo "draft=${{ inputs.draft }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-            echo "force=${{ inputs.force }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-          else
-            echo "draft=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-            echo "force=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
-          fi
-
-
 ######################################################################################
 
 
   # Build Loadup
   do_release:
-    needs: inputs
     uses: ./.github/workflows/buildLoadup.yml
     with:
-        draft: ${{ needs.inputs.outputs.draft }}
+        maiko_release: ${{ inputs.maiko_release }}
-        force: ${{ needs.inputs.outputs.force }}
+        draft: ${{ inputs.draft }}
+        force: ${{ inputs.force }}
     secrets: inherit
 
-
 ######################################################################################
 
   # Build Docker Image
   do_docker:
-    needs: [inputs, do_release]
+    needs: [do_release]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/buildDocker.yml
     with:
-        draft: ${{ needs.inputs.outputs.draft }}
+        github_release_tag: ${{ needs.do_release.outputs.github_release_tag }}
-        force: ${{ needs.inputs.outputs.force }}
+        draft: ${{ inputs.draft }}
+        force: ${{ inputs.force }}
     secrets: inherit
 
 ######################################################################################
 
   # Run HCFILES and push to files.interlisp.org
   do_HCFILES:
-    needs: [inputs, do_release]
+    needs: [do_release]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/doHCFILES.yml
     with:
-        draft: ${{ needs.inputs.outputs.draft }}
+        draft: ${{ inputs.draft }}
     secrets: inherit
 
 ######################################################################################
 
   # Kickoff workflow in online repo to build and deploy Medley docker image to oio
   do_oio:
+    if: ${{ inputs.online == true }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [inputs, do_docker]
+    needs: [do_release, do_docker]
     steps:
       - name: trigger-oio-buildAndDeploy
         run: |
-          if [ ! "${{ needs.inputs.outputs.draft }}" = "true" ]
+          gh workflow run buildAndDeployMedleyDocker.yml                                     \
-          then
+                            --repo Interlisp/online --ref main                               \
-            gh workflow run buildAndDeployMedleyDocker.yml --repo Interlisp/online --ref main
+                            -f github_release_tag=${{ needs.do_release.outputs.github_release_tag }} \
-          fi
+                            -f draft=${{ inputs.draft }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ONLINE_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/doHCFILES.yml

@@ -50,28 +50,28 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout Medley repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Checkout maiko
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/maiko
           path: ./maiko
 
       - name: Checkout notecards
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/notecards
           path: ./notecards
 
       - name: Checkout loops
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/loops
           path: ./loops
 
       - name: Checkout test
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/test
           path: ./test