Use jq for manual release creation

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ jobs:
       release_id: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_id }}
       release_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_name }}
     steps:
+      - name: Install release tooling
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y curl jq
+
       - name: Create or reuse Gitea release
         id: release
         env:
@@ -49,7 +54,10 @@ jobs:
             "${get_release_url}")"
 
           if [ "${status}" = "200" ]; then
-            python3 -c 'import json; data=json.load(open("/tmp/release.json", "r", encoding="utf-8")); print(f"release_id={data[\"id\"]}"); print(f"release_name={data[\"name\"]}")' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            {
+              echo "release_id=$(jq -r '.id' /tmp/release.json)"
+              echo "release_name=$(jq -r '.name' /tmp/release.json)"
+            } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             exit 0
           fi
 
@@ -59,7 +67,13 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          python3 -c 'import json, os; payload={"tag_name": os.environ["TAG_NAME"], "target_commitish": os.environ["TARGET_COMMITISH"], "name": os.environ["RELEASE_NAME"], "body": os.environ.get("RELEASE_NOTES", ""), "draft": False, "prerelease": False}; print(json.dumps(payload))' > /tmp/release-payload.json
+          jq -n \
+            --arg tag_name "${TAG_NAME}" \
+            --arg target_commitish "${TARGET_COMMITISH}" \
+            --arg name "${RELEASE_NAME}" \
+            --arg body "${RELEASE_NOTES}" \
+            '{tag_name:$tag_name,target_commitish:$target_commitish,name:$name,body:$body,draft:false,prerelease:false}' \
+            > /tmp/release-payload.json
 
           curl -sS \
             -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
@@ -69,7 +83,15 @@ jobs:
             "${create_release_url}" \
             -o /tmp/release.json
 
-          python3 -c 'import json; data=json.load(open("/tmp/release.json", "r", encoding="utf-8")); (_ for _ in ()).throw(SystemExit(json.dumps(data, indent=2))) if "id" not in data else None; print(f"release_id={data[\"id\"]}"); print(f"release_name={data[\"name\"]}")' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if ! jq -e '.id' /tmp/release.json >/dev/null; then
+            cat /tmp/release.json
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          {
+            echo "release_id=$(jq -r '.id' /tmp/release.json)"
+            echo "release_name=$(jq -r '.name' /tmp/release.json)"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   build-release:
     name: ${{ matrix.toolchain.name }}