v3.2-0.7.0

[napulen]

This is the first release of Cantus Ultimus in 2022 (coincidentally, exactly one year after the last release, as noted by @dchiller!)

There have been major changes in the structure of the code.

These improvements are the work of @dchiller, @eliwaksbaum, and @napulen.

Authors listed in alphabetic order

Migration to docker

• The codebase has been migrated to the latest django==3.2 patch (special thanks to @eliwaksbaum!)
• The codebase is also compliant with django==4.0, which will be helpful when the next LTS version (4.2) is out on Summer 2023 (special thanks to @dchiller!)
• Vagrant is no longer the containerization solution of the project. Any trace of Vagrant is gone from the codebase as of now.
• Instead, everything is containerized using 4 docker containers (special thanks to @eliwaksbaum!)
  • nginx
  • postgres
  • solr
  • app (the Cantus Ultimus django app)
• These four containers operate together thank to the docker-compose.yaml file located at the root of the repository
• The README has been updated accordingly with the new dockerization (special thanks to @eliwaksbaum!)
• The backend solr signals have been modified to mitigate concurrency issues (special thanks to @dchiller!)
  • The signals will now create independent sessions (python contexts) to perform operations on solr, so two concurrent operations (e.g., importing chants for two manuscripts) will each one result in a Solr session that will update the index accordingly. This is not the optimal solution for dealing with concurrency but it is much better than our previous approach
• A duplicate reindexing of Solr in the CLI command import_folio_mapping was fixed (special thanks to @dchiller!)
• Similarly, the CLI structure (e.g., better organization of options and arguments) was done on the major management scripts (special thanks to @dchiller!)
  • refresh_solr
  • import_folio_mapping
• A conversation on further simplification of management commands has started Modernize command structure #405 (WIP) (special thanks to @dchiller!)
• Unit tests have been modernized and integrated with GitHub Actions (special thanks to @eliwaksbaum!)

Other general fixes and improvements not listed here include.

Full list of merged pull requests

• Dockerport by @eliwaksbaum in Dockerport #404
• Merge docker and main branch by @napulen in Merge docker and main branch  #421
• Configure database password through environment variables by @dchiller in Configure database password through environment variables #430
• Modifies Solr synch signal to allow for concurrent db transactions by @dchiller in Modifies Solr synch signal to allow for concurrent db transactions #426
• Add postgres env vars to django settings by @dchiller in Add postgres env vars to django settings #432
• Bumping django version. by @napulen in Bumping django version. #437
• Add healthcheck on postgres container to docker-compose.yaml by @dchiller in Add healthcheck on postgres container to docker-compose.yaml #436
• Django 3.2 by @eliwaksbaum in Django 3.2 #439
• Unit tests by @napulen in Unit tests #443
• make unit-tests pass by @eliwaksbaum in make unit-tests pass #452
• Security warnings by @eliwaksbaum in Security warnings #449
• Bump django from 3.2 to 3.2.13 in /app/public by @dependabot in Bump django from 3.2 to 3.2.13 in /app/public #441
• Fixes argument in admin action: import chant data by @dchiller in Fixes argument in admin action: import chant data #456
• Add explanation for ordering of admin urls by @dchiller in Add explanation for ordering of admin urls #455
• Removing reference to wait-for-it in app/Dockerfile by @eliwaksbaum in Removing reference to wait-for-it in app/Dockerfile #454
• Readme by @eliwaksbaum in Readme #451
• Run initial migrate command in background. by @dchiller in Run initial migrate command in background. #457
• Matching django versions in requirements by @napulen in Matching django versions in requirements #459

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v3.2-0.7.0

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