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Abhiram commented on AIRAVATA-3956:
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Subject: Inquiry About Contributing to Airavata Django Portal Upgrade
Hi Yashith,
I hope you're doing well. My name is Abhiram, and I’m interested in
contributing to the Airavata Django Portal upgrade as part of GSoC 2025. This
project caught my attention, and I would love to explore how I can get involved.
Could you please provide some insights on the prerequisites, onboarding
process, and key steps to get started? Also, if there are any essential
resources or documentation I should go through beforehand, I’d appreciate your
guidance.
Looking forward to your advice and excited to contribute!
Best regards,
Abhiram
> Update Airavata Django Portal to a Supported Python Version
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: AIRAVATA-3956
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRAVATA-3956
> Project: Airavata
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Django Portal
> Reporter: Yasith Jayawardana
> Priority: Major
> Labels: gsoc, gsoc2025, mentor
>
> The Airavata Django Portal currently runs on Python 3.6, which reached its
> end-of-life (EOL) in 2022. Continuing to use an unsupported Python version
> poses security risks and limits access to new features and package updates.
> Upgrading to a supported version (Python 3.12 or later) will ensure long-term
> maintainability, security, and compatibility with modern dependencies.
> [Status of Python versions|https://devguide.python.org/versions/]
> Impact:
> • Improved security and stability
> • Access to the latest language features and performance
> improvements
> • Compatibility with actively maintained third-party packages
> Proposed Solution: Update the codebase and dependencies for compatibility
> with Python 3.12+, and ensure everything works as expected post-upgrade.
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