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Switch from Dependabot to `update-dependencies` action for Python dependencies

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Description

Dependabot continues to give us problems for Python in various repositories, with an assortment of problems.

We could move our Python updates to our own update-dependencies action, as we have for job-server.

Timebox: 1 - 2 hours.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Inspect the repository's current Dependabot configuration and Python dependency update workflow, then compare them with .github/workflows/update-python-dependencies.yml from job-server. Switch the Python updates to the update-dependencies action and verify that the workflow produces the expected dependency update changes within the stated timebox.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, python
Domain
ci-cd
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
74/100

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