on-modify_macro_expand.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Proof of Concept for expanding aliases in annotations.
#
# See https://bug.tasktools.org/browse/TW-77
import json
import re
import sys

old = json.loads(sys.stdin.readline())
new = json.loads(sys.stdin.readline())

if "annotations" in new:
    for anno in new["annotations"]:
        anno["description"] = re.sub(r"dbugs:([^ ]+)", r"http://bugs.debian.org/\1", anno["description"])

print(json.dumps(new))