Update or replace django-storages

[Jawayria]

We use the package django-storages in edx/blockstore, edx/course-discovery, edx/credentials, edx/edx-analytics-data-api, edx/edx-platform, edx/edx-val, edx/portal-designer, edx/registrar, edx/xqueue. It hasn't yet added support for Django3.2. Please follow the guidance in https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AC/pages/3036972032/Handling+Outdated+Dependencies to resolve the problem this poses for the Open edX Django 3.2 upgrade.

[mariajgrimaldi]

Hello @natabene, I hope you're doing great!

I'll be looking into this issue soon. Would you assign it to me?

[natabene]

@mariajgrimaldi Thank you so much for reaching out, I appreciate. Sure, I will assign to you. Please keep me posted on progress and let me know once this is done.

[mariajgrimaldi]

A quick update:

After some research, I found two essential -open- PRs that can help with the Django 3.2 support:

• Fix all CI: Fix all the Travis CI failures jschneier/django-storages#1042
• Fix CI and add Django 3.2 support: Add Django 3.2 trove classifier jschneier/django-storages#1005

To prove that those PRs are enough to support Django 3.2, I cherry-picked them to a separate branch and triggered testing via Travis CI: https://github.com/mariajgrimaldi/django-storages/runs/3509577400

All tests passed, including those using Django 3.2.

I reached out to them in PR #1005 and with a repository issue to help them move forward, but they haven't answered yet. Is there anything we could do besides waiting?

[natabene]

@mariajgrimaldi Thank you for an update. Let's wait some more.

[mariajgrimaldi]

I opened this PR that migrates Travis CI to Github actions and adds Django 3.2 support, and it was merged today!
I'm waiting for a response to this comment where I'm asking for the release. Let's see :)

[natabene]

@mariajgrimaldi Thanks for sharing great news. Hoping for the best with the rest of it.

[mariajgrimaldi]

Hi there! I've been checking this issue every other day, and they haven't done the version bump. Either way, master already has support for Django 3.2!

[mariajgrimaldi]

Hi there @natabene! The new release is out https://pypi.org/project/django-storages/1.12/

[natabene]

Thanks so much for the update, @mariajgrimaldi !