extensions-web upgrade to Django 1.8 LTS

[Yuri Konotopov <ykonotopov gnome org>]

Hello,


I almost finished porting extensions-web to latest Django 1.8 LTS (still
have some pending work). Changes made can be found in django/upgrade-1.8
git branch [1].

Previously used Django 1.4 branch stopped receive security updates since
2015 Oct.


How is the deployment process to extensions.gnome.org looks like? Can I
receive needed permissions or should I ask some one from infra team to
do all job?


Upgrade process should be easy.

1. Python environment should be upgraded (I will add missing versions
for sorl-thumbnail and pillow soon) [2].

2. I prepared shell script for easy DB schema upgrade [3].

3. Minor change [4] should be made to frontend HTTP server configuration
(I think Apache httpd is used).

4. local_settings.py should be reviewed to match Django 1.8 changes.


[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/extensions-web/log/?h=django/upgrade-1.8

[2]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/extensions-web/tree/requirements.txt?h=django/upgrade-1.8

[3]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/extensions-web/tree/migrate-1.4-1.8.sh?h=django/upgrade-1.8

[4]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/extensions-web/commit/?h=django/upgrade-1.8&id=c8489b4c7a1a59506bfe4a945d30f1dd61ced7df


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Best regards, Yuri Konotopov