version 23.5.2

updated the github workflow to include the release info in a json file.
added a script to update version in the buildVars.py automatically if it as not been changed but is confirmed in a commit. this can be used manually, or automatically with a post commit hook.
updated sconstruct to generate the required json file for the add-on store. Currently this add-on is not in the add-on store, but I prefer to use the same workflow for all my add-ons.
updated buildVars to be compatible with the new sconstruct.
now *.json files are ignored.

.github/workflows/upload-on-tag.yaml

@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
+permissions:
+  contents: write
 name: Upload on new tags
-
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      '*'
+      ['*']
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  buildAndUpload:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - run: echo -e "pre-commit\nscons\nmarkdown">requirements.txt
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: 3.9
+        cache: 'pip'
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install scons markdown
         sudo apt update
         sudo apt install gettext
+
     - name: Add add-on version
       run: |
         import re
@@ -31,16 +37,35 @@ jobs:
           f.write(text)
           f.truncate()
       shell: python 
+
     - name: Build add-on
       run: scons
     - name: Calculate sha256
       run: sha256sum *.nvda-addon >> changelog.md
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: packaged_addon
+        path: |
+          ./*.nvda-addon
+          ./*.json
+
+  upload_release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+    needs: ["build"]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: download releases files
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+    - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+      run: ls -R
+
     - name: Release
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         files: |
-          *.nvda-addon
-        body_path: changelog.md
-        prerelease: ${{ endsWith(github.ref, '-dev') }}
+          packaged_addon/*.json
+          packaged_addon/*.nvda-addon
+        fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+        prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-') }}

.gitignore

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 addon/doc/*.css
 addon/doc/en/
-addon/synthDrivers/ibmtts
 *_docHandler.py
 *.html
 *.ini
 *.mo
 *.py[co]
 *.nvda-addon
-*.code-workspace
-setup.cfg
 .sconsign.dblite
+*.code-workspace
+*.json

buildVars.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	# Translators: Long description to be shown for this add-on on add-on information from add-ons manager
 	"addon_description" : _("""This is the IBMTTS synthesizer driver for NVDA."""),
 	# version
-	"addon_version" : "v23.02.1",
+	"addon_version" : "23.5.2",
 	# Author(s)
 	"addon_author" : u"David CM <dhf360@gmail.com>, x0 and others",
 	# URL for the add-on documentation support
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 	"addon_lastTestedNVDAVersion" : "2023.1.0",
 	# Add-on update channel (default is stable or None)
 	"addon_updateChannel" : None,
+	# Add-on license such as GPL 2
+	"addon_license": "GPL 2",
+	# URL for the license document the ad-on is licensed under
+	"addon_licenseURL": "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html",
+	# URL for the add-on repository where the source code can be found
+	"addon_sourceURL": "https://github.com/davidacm/NVDA-IBMTTS-Driver",
 }
 
 
@@ -50,3 +56,14 @@
 # Files that will be ignored when building the nvda-addon file
 # Paths are relative to the addon directory, not to the root directory of your addon sources.
 excludedFiles = []
+
+
+# Base language for the NVDA add-on
+baseLanguage = "en"
+
+# Markdown extensions for add-on documentation
+# Most add-ons do not require additional Markdown extensions.
+# If you need to add support for markup such as tables, fill out the below list.
+# Extensions string must be of the form "markdown.extensions.extensionName"
+# e.g. "markdown.extensions.tables" to add tables.
+markdownExtensions = []