Flight Log / simonw/tools #45
Update README and make build_colophon optional markdown — a OpenAI Codex (OpenAI) flight by Simon Willison
Simon Willison (@simonw) opened this OpenAI Codex (OpenAI) pull request in simonw/tools on Jul 23, 2025; merged clean in 12.2 h, merged by @simonw: +117 −70, 2 files, 0 reviews.
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The task updates the README and makes build_colophon's markdown import optional, with an HTML fallback when missing. Two files change across three commits, adding 117 lines and removing 70. The pytest run failed with a missing host system dependency for BrowserType.launch. The pull request merged after 12.21 hours with zero change requests.
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## Summary - fallback to a simple HTML render when the `markdown` module is missing - overhaul README with many additional tools grouped into categories ## Testing - `pytest -q` *(fails: BrowserType.launch: Host system is missing dependencies)* ------ https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_e_688074a…
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- Jul 23, 2025labeledsimonw
- Jul 23, 2025mergedsimonw
- Jul 23, 2025closedsimonw
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