Sumac Release Notes

[feoh]

Things that can be done before the release is cut

• find the date for the previous release (for Redwood, this was June 19, 2024)
• find the date for the next release (for Teak, this will be June 09, 2025)
• Create a wiki page for the next release, on the Open edX Release Planning wiki page (Teak)

Things to do after the release is cut

• add an appropriate TOC to the release notes
• add any items from the Pending Release wiki page
• Review and incorporate any feature posts from edX Partner announcements
• Review and incorporate any feature posts from the open edX blog
• Review commit messages from relevant repos. Dinghy seems like a useful tool for this. I used this config olive-dinghy.yaml
• Review DEPR tickets
• Diff the technical documentation and build a list of links to both new and removed settings.

Meta tasks

• Review and update this checklist

[feoh]

Currently stuck trying to make doc:

~/src/openedx/edx-platform (open-release/sumac.master*) » make docs                                                                                                                          [.venv] feoh@prometheus
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=docs.docs_settings python manage.py lms generate_swagger --generator-class=edx_api_doc_tools.ApiSchemaGenerator -o docs/lms-openapi.yaml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/manage.py", line 103, in <module>
    startup.run()
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/lms/startup.py", line 20, in run
    django.setup()
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 124, in populate
    app_config.ready()
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/apps.py", line 27, in ready
    self.module.autodiscover()
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/__init__.py", line 50, in autodiscover
    autodiscover_modules("admin", register_to=site)
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 58, in autodiscover_modules
    import_module("%s.%s" % (app_config.name, module_to_search))
  File "/home/feoh/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/lib/python3.12/importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/admin.py", line 21, in <module>
    from .tasks import update_outline_from_modulestore_task, update_all_outlines_from_modulestore_task
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tasks.py", line 43, in <module>
    from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.courseware_index import (
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/courseware_index.py", line 15, in <module>
    from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.course_group_config import GroupConfiguration
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/course_group_config.py", line 12, in <module>
    from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.utils import reverse_usage_url
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/utils.py", line 37, in <module>
    from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.toggles import (
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/toggles.py", line 5, in <module>
    from openedx.core.djangoapps.content.search import api as search_api
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/search/api.py", line 27, in <module>
    from openedx.core.djangoapps.content.search.models import get_access_ids_for_request
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/openedx/core/djangoapps/content/search/models.py", line 15, in <module>
    class SearchAccess(models.Model):
  File "/home/feoh/src/openedx/edx-platform/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 134, in __new__
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Model class openedx.core.djangoapps.content.search.models.SearchAccess doesn't declare an explicit app_label and isn't in an application in INSTALLED_APPS.
make: *** [Makefile:34: swagger] Error 1