v1.21.0

This release corresponds to the production deployment on 26 June 2025.

Changes

• Added 'Other' career stage option with conditional free-text validation in both claimant and fellow profiles (issue #750)
• Removed 'DAY' from all the columns including date (issue #777)
• Rearranged columns in all dashboard tables (issue #772)
• Replaced the 'Purchase Order Required?' tickbox with two new required questions in funding request form (issue #783)
• Removed 'Removed' status from staff review form for funding requests and expense claims( issues #790 and #791)

New Features

• Added Mastodon and Bluesky social fields to fellow profiles (issue #751)
• Added 'Amount Requested' column in funding request table on the dashboard (issue #760)
• Added automatic finance email notification for funding requests (issue #783)
• Added 'Cancel' status to funding request review form and a 'Cancelled' tab filtering on the dashboard (issue #790)
• Added “N/A – I do not research” to research area code options (issue #792)
• Added cost breakdown instruction to funding request form (issue #794)
• Fixed misleading edit accesses by introducing template-based edit visibility rules (issues #797, #800, #720, #721)
• Dashboard/UI tidy-ups (table columns, new tabs, status colours, minor layout fixes)

v1.21.1

Patch release following the June 2025 deployment.

Changes

• Shared form text/colour update (issue #809)
• Funding request form text update (issue #811)
• Updated expense claim status options in the review form (issue #813)

New Features

• Blog post submission/edit visibility and permission fixes (issue #805)
• Added 'Last updated' column on the expense claim table and expense detail page (issue #814)
• Unified status colour-coding across fund, expense and blog post tables

v1.20.0

commits since v1.19.0.txt

Previous deployment on 4/10/2024 included the upgrade to Django 4.2

Changes since last deployment

• Added supplier number field to claimant model, made available to edit in admin interface and view in fellow profile (issue #775)
• Added information about purchase orders to funcding request form (issue #758)
• Removed the ability to delete funding requests, expense claims, and blog posts (issue #763)

v1.19.0

Changes

• Update guidance text on several forms
• Add accessibility statement link to footer
• Migrate to GitHub Actions for CI

Fixes

• Resolve dependency conflicts with updates

Upgrade Process

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh

v.1.18.2

Fixes

• Fix GitHub authentication deprecation warnings
• Fix Crispy Forms / Django / Python version conflict

Upgrade Guide

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh

v1.18.1

Changes

• Route fellows and public requests to different approval chains
• Fix all failing tests
• Fix duplicate user slugs when multiple users have the same name
• Fix auto-approved funds not visible in some contexts
• Fix public claim form error when not logged in
• Add logging
• Add warning / error messages to UI when data is missing
• Add support for Python 3.7

Upgrade Guide

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh

v1.17.0

New Features

• Ask fellows about success metrics
• Add bar for finance

Changes

• Fix links on emails
• Show email sent as HTML

Upgrade Guide

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh

v1.14.3

Changes

• Blog information template improved
• Default GRANT_HEADING behaviour improved
• Upgrade Font-Awesome, Academicons, Garlic and Tagulous
• Fix bug due web sites that blocks bots

Upgrade Guide

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh

v1.14.2

New Features

• Report infrastructure based on Jupyter notebooks
• Use geopy to provide latitute and longitude

Changes

• Reduce frequency of email reminders for expenses

Upgrade Guide

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh

v1.14.1

v1.14.1

New Features

• Add missing question about calendar
• Add form so users can change publicity permission
• Require token to access the calendar
• Produce financial reports

Changes

• Update Travis CI based on supported versions of Django
• Simplification of expenses statuses

Upgrade Guide

$ git fetch --all
$ git stash
$ git merge origin/master
$ git stash pop
$ python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py migrate
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/flatpages.json
$ python manage.py loaddata fixtures/sites.json
$ bash bootstrap.sh