Upgrade to CKAN 2.9

[nfee006]

Including all necessary changes including refactoring to Python 3.

[nfee006]

Considerations

• Python 2 elements will need to be recoded in Python 3
• This will require a database upgrade
• It is recommended that we upgrade the solr schema
• All metadata from the existing portal will need to be transferred
• “Implementation of an organization structure that reflects the CSA organization structure”
• We need to ensure that our ancillary tools will continue to work, including:
  • Datapusher (see ckan/ckan#5536)
  • https://github.com/asc-csa/ckan-gov-canada-harvester-master
• We also need to make sure that our vanilla CKAN customizations are carried over, including but not limited to:
  • The translations on the Data Explorer page #58
  • Alt-text on the Data Explorer page #19
  • Pagination navigator accessibility #31

https://docs.ckan.org/en/2.9/changelog.html

[nfee006]

@coleweusthem had you seen this?

[coleweusthem]

@nfee006, I don't believe I had. Thanks for flagging it.

[nfee006]

FYI for when migrating to Ubuntu 20.04

ckan/ckan#5919 (comment)

Doesn't matter too much if we use tomcat or jetty though.

[coleweusthem]

I've been using tomcat9 as it's what the CKAN docs were recommending

[nfee006]

Perfect - that's what I have too.

[nfee006]

The newest release (v1.0) is compatible with CKAN 2.9/python 3.