Previously `check_lance_release.py` used `git/refs/tags` with
`--paginate --jq`, which drops the last page in some `gh` versions. The
7.x Lance tags all landed on the final (partial) page, causing the
script to report `v6.0.1` as the latest and never triggering an update.
Switch to the releases API with `per_page=20`, which returns the 20 most
recent releases sorted newest-first — one API call, no pagination
needed.
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When Lance 3.0.0 released the check_lance_release.py script did not make
a PR for it because it was a pre-release. This change may not be perfect
but it always ranks stable releases above non-stable releases.
This PR will add a timely lance release check for lancedb which will
auto bump lance while new tags released.
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**This PR was primarily authored with Codex using GPT-5-Codex and then
hand-reviewed by me. I AM responsible for every change made in this PR.
I aimed to keep it aligned with our goals, though I may have missed
minor issues. Please flag anything that feels off, I'll fix it
quickly.**
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Signed-off-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>
