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actool: take manifests in yaml format

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From @philips on December 3, 2014 18:30

JSON is difficult for people to write and a number of people have asked for another format for the manifest. Instead of complicating the spec with multiple serialization formats for the ACI manifests add a feature to actool build to take manifest files with a .yaml extension and convert the YAML to JSON before laying the manifest down.

/cc @jonboulle thoughts on this?

Copied from original issue: coreos/rocket#195

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Research direction
Implement YAML manifest support by adding YAML to JSON conversion in actool build, using a Go YAML library like gopkg.in/yaml.v2, and process .yaml files before building the ACI manifest.
Tech stack
go
Domain
clibuild system
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Stale
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Clear
Prerequisites
GoYAML
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70