Upgrade to Wagtail 4.04

[mwvolo]

We are currently on Wagtail 3.0.3 - the current stable version is 4.2.0. However, Wagtail recommends updates happen on feature release numbers, so we would update to 4.0.4, then 4.1.2 and finally to 4.2.0. Other cards will be created for the other 2 upgrades. This update will include an update to Django 4.1.7 which is the current stable release.

Release notes: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/releases/4.0.html

Be sure to review the release notes for the major versions we missed:
https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/releases/4.0.html

[mwvolo]

Ed is going to review changelog

[jpslav]

Before we work on this, let's chat about relative priority of this work to other work.

[erikayvonne]

@edwoodward has done all the code changes - just need to put this up on dev and test. we'll want to update this outside of a release cycle likely, so we can track any issues that arise from this upgrade versus elsewhere.

aiming for end of June / July to start moving this forward - we may want to loop in CMs/Creative Services/other stakeholders to test (by engaging as they typically do to ensure it still functions as expected).

FYI @openstaxalina @DominiqueShu

[openstaxalina]

Yes we would like to assist with testing - @erikayvonne please keep us updated as to when an environment is ready to be tested! cc @theresamasciale @yblock

[DominiqueShu]

@andymuddimer will you be testing?

[erikayvonne]

tentatively aiming to get this out between 8/9 and 8/23 releases - tbc based on testing.

[erikayvonne]

may need to push this back to between 8/23 and 9/6 or further so there is enough time for the Content team to test

[erikayvonne]

@ne-newton @therealmarv hi there, any updates on CE-tech's testing for this? we'd love to get this out soon (in between our regular release cycle) so getting an update would be helpful as we can then target a date.

[therealmarv]

So far I have not found any negative. So far so good. But I have to say I've only looked at book metadata pages and did not look deeply into other regions of Openstax' Wagtail because of lack of experience with the other areas which are not related to CE.

I will take today a deeper look into import and export data (because this is something really helpful for CMs) and report back till tomorrow.

[erikayvonne]

thanks @therealmarv - targeting the w/o 9/25 to get this out cc @edwoodward

[erikayvonne]

updated target date is 10/10 so we do this when Michael isn't OOO.

[erikayvonne]

latest updated target date is week of 10/23 so we have Roy in office (and offset during release cycle).

[erikayvonne]

This will be released tomorrow (Wednesday 10/25) - cc @openstaxalina @DominiqueShu

[brittanyearly]

Closing as complete.