openedx / openedx/openedx-platform

Quarterly audit of openedx-platform constraints

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Description

It is time to perform the quartely audit of constrained dependencies in openedx-platform. The goal is to remove any constraints that are no longer necessary to proactively prevent version conflicts and keep us up to date with security patches. The playbook for performing the audit can be found here.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the Quarterly Platform Constraints Audit playbook linked in the issue, then inspect the constrained dependencies in openedx-platform. The work is done when constraints that are no longer necessary have been removed while required constraints remain, reducing version conflicts and allowing security updates.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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