OpenBlock 1.2.0 (UNRELEASED)

Upgrade Notes

  • As usual, install all dependencies, eg if you are upgrading a source checkout:

    pip install -r ebpub/requirements.txt
    pip install -e ebpub
    pip install -r ebdata/requirements.txt
    pip install -e ebdata
    pip install -r obadmin/requirements.txt
    pip install -e obadmin
    pip install -r obdemo/requirements.txt
    pip install -e obdemo
    
  • As usual, sync and migrate the database:

    django-admin.py syncdb
    django-admin.py migrate
    

Backward Incompatibilities

  • Removed ebdata/retrieval/scrapers/new_newsitem_list_detail.py, which wasn't used anywhere.

New Features in 1.2

  • Optional ReCaptcha on the user-contributed ("Neighbornews") add/edit forms.
  • User-contributed content ("neighbornews") now has edit and delete forms.
  • Sensible defaults on most DateFields and DateTimeFields, can still be overridden.
  • Logout now redirects you to whatever page you were viewing.
  • Add a "properties" JSON field to the Profile model, for more flexible per-user metadata.
  • User admin UI now shows Profiles and API keys inline.
  • "Sticky widgets" aka "pinned" NewsItems in widgets: You can use the admin UI to make certain NewsItems stay visible in the widget permanently or until an expiration date that you set.

Bugs fixed

  • Fixed double-logging of scrapers to the console.
  • /streets/ list doesn't blow up if you haven't set DEFAULT_LOCTYPE_SLUG.
  • Workaround for getting profile when request.user is a LazyUser instance.
  • De-hardcoded more URLs.
  • When using a too-old python version, our setup.py scripts now give a more informative error, instead of SyntaxError due to a with statement.
  • Custom login view now works when going to admin site. Ticket #174
  • Logout form was broken by bad template name. Fixed.

Documentation

  • Added docs on all the settings in settings_default.py.
  • Better documentation about Schemas, Attributes, and how they relate.

Other

  • Moved some NewsItemListDetailScraper functionality up into BaseScraper, so it's more widely usable.

Older Changes

See OpenBlock change history.