From: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:04:19 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: manage: Check Django version on startup
X-Git-Tag: v3.2.0~125
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b5769e6aabf6e42ffeb24f4a8edd88a54b11dd72;p=thirdparty%2Fpatchwork.git

manage: Check Django version on startup

This was recently reported as an issue. Add a simple check to ensure
people update their dependencies as expected.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar <sipoyare@redhat.com>
Cc: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 033c8ae4..d94e6118 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "patchwork.settings.production"
     )
 
+    import django
+
+    if django.VERSION < (3, 2):
+        raise Exception('Patchwork requires Django 3.2 or greater')
+
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
 
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/check-django-on-startup-332acc16e7e8be8b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/check-django-on-startup-332acc16e7e8be8b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12118529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/check-django-on-startup-332acc16e7e8be8b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The version of Django used is now checked on start-up. This can help avoid
+    issues where deployers forget to update their Django version and see odd
+    behavior as a result.