Do not treat custom menu options without label as 'malformed'

arduino/cores/packagemanager/loader.go

@@ -481,25 +481,8 @@ func (pm *Builder) loadBoards(platform *cores.PlatformRelease) error {
 	// set all other boards properties
 	delete(propertiesByBoard, "menu")
 
-	skippedBoards := []string{}
 	for boardID, boardProperties := range propertiesByBoard {
 		var board *cores.Board
-		for key := range boardProperties.AsMap() {
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(key, "menu.") {
-				continue
-			}
-			// Menu keys are formed like this:
-			//     menu.cache.off=false
-			//     menu.cache.on=true
-			// so we assume that the a second element in the slice exists
-			menuName := strings.Split(key, ".")[1]
-			if !platform.Menus.ContainsKey(menuName) {
-				fqbn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", platform.Platform.Package.Name, platform.Platform.Architecture, boardID)
-				skippedBoards = append(skippedBoards, fqbn)
-				goto next_board
-			}
-		}
-
 		if !platform.PluggableDiscoveryAware {
 			convertVidPidIdentificationPropertiesToPluggableDiscovery(boardProperties)
 			convertUploadToolsToPluggableDiscovery(boardProperties)
@@ -514,11 +497,6 @@ func (pm *Builder) loadBoards(platform *cores.PlatformRelease) error {
 		boardProperties.Set("_id", boardID)
 		board = platform.GetOrCreateBoard(boardID)
 		board.Properties.Merge(boardProperties)
-	next_board:
-	}
-
-	if len(skippedBoards) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(tr("skipping loading of boards %s: malformed custom board options"), strings.Join(skippedBoards, ", "))
 	}
 
 	return nil

test/test_core.py

@@ -654,44 +654,6 @@ def test_core_download_multiple_platforms(run_command, data_dir):
     assert "Invalid argument passed: Found 2 platform for reference" in res.stderr
 
 
-def test_core_with_wrong_custom_board_options_is_loaded(run_command, data_dir):
-    test_platform_name = "platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options"
-    platform_install_dir = Path(data_dir, "hardware", "arduino-beta-dev", test_platform_name)
-    platform_install_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
-
-    # Install platform in Sketchbook hardware dir
-    shutil.copytree(
-        Path(__file__).parent / "testdata" / test_platform_name,
-        platform_install_dir,
-        dirs_exist_ok=True,
-    )
-
-    assert run_command(["update"])
-
-    res = run_command(["core", "list", "--format", "json"])
-    assert res.ok
-
-    cores = json.loads(res.stdout)
-    mapped = {core["id"]: core for core in cores}
-    assert len(mapped) == 1
-    # Verifies platform is loaded except excluding board with wrong options
-    assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options" in mapped
-    boards = {b["fqbn"]: b for b in mapped["arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options"]["boards"]}
-    assert len(boards) == 1
-    # Verify board with malformed options is not loaded
-    assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options:nessuno" not in boards
-    # Verify other board is loaded
-    assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options:altra" in boards
-    # Verify warning is shown to user
-    assert (
-        "Error initializing instance: Error loading hardware platform: "
-        + "loading platform release arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options@4.2.0: "
-        + "loading boards: "
-        + "skipping loading of boards arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_wrong_custom_board_options:nessuno: "
-        + "malformed custom board options"
-    ) in res.stderr
-
-
 def test_core_with_missing_custom_board_options_is_loaded(run_command, data_dir):
     test_platform_name = "platform_with_missing_custom_board_options"
     platform_install_dir = Path(data_dir, "hardware", "arduino-beta-dev", test_platform_name)
@@ -715,19 +677,11 @@ def test_core_with_missing_custom_board_options_is_loaded(run_command, data_dir)
     # Verifies platform is loaded except excluding board with missing options
     assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options" in mapped
     boards = {b["fqbn"]: b for b in mapped["arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options"]["boards"]}
-    assert len(boards) == 1
+    assert len(boards) == 2
     # Verify board with malformed options is not loaded
-    assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options:nessuno" not in boards
+    assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options:nessuno" in boards
     # Verify other board is loaded
     assert "arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options:altra" in boards
-    # Verify warning is shown to user
-    assert (
-        "Error initializing instance: Error loading hardware platform: "
-        + "loading platform release arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options@4.2.0: "
-        + "loading boards: "
-        + "skipping loading of boards arduino-beta-dev:platform_with_missing_custom_board_options:nessuno: "
-        + "malformed custom board options"
-    ) in res.stderr
 
 
 def test_core_list_outdated_core(run_command):