Design change, at the maintainer's direction: the gate now checks out
feedpak-spec at HEAD instead of a pinned SHA. .feedpak-spec-ref, its
40-char validation step, and the pin-bump machinery are gone.
Rationale: it is vital that the app conforms to the spec — the current
spec, not a snapshot. The pin bought determinism at the cost of a
maintenance loop (bump PRs, a PAT, weekly latency) and a window where the
gate verified against a stale spec. Tracking HEAD makes the dev flow fully
self-serve with zero upkeep: gated PR -> FEP -> spec merge -> re-run
checks -> green. Nothing to bump.
The trade-off is accepted with eyes open, and the docs state it: the
normal FEP is additive and can only loosen the gate, so it cannot redden
anyone's PR. Only a breaking spec change (rare, deliberate, MAJOR per the
spec's compatibility policy) turns PRs red repo-wide — which is the
correct org-wide signal that the app is out of conformance. The CI job
logs the spec SHA each run verified against, so any red run is
reproducible.
Failure messages now also say why it matters beyond the one PR (also at
the maintainer's direction): non-conformance that lands shows up as red CI
on every teammate's PR until it is resolved, and only its author can clear
it — the FEP route keeps everyone else unblocked. Tone softened throughout
(the exceptions-file header now explains rather than shouts).
Signed-off-by: topkoa <topkoa@gmail.com>
The CI gate catches spec drift at merge time; these two additions catch it
at write time, which is where "developer didn't read the spec first"
actually happens.
CLAUDE.md (Song Formats): a spec-is-sacrosanct paragraph next to the spec
pointer — the spec defines the format, the app implements it, any new
manifest key/file/directory lands in the spec first via the FEP process,
and the gate has no in-repo bypass. AI agents and contributors both hit
this while writing feedpak-touching code, not after CI reddens.
.github/pull_request_template.md (new — the repo had only issue templates):
a feedpak-surface section requiring either "doesn't touch pack I/O" or a
link to the landed FEP + the .feedpak-spec-ref bump, plus the standing
changelog/tests/DCO checklist.
Signed-off-by: topkoa <topkoa@gmail.com>
