Wagtail 73 maintenence

[nickmoreton]

Wagtail 7.3 release notes

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Support Ticket

Code reviewing a consideration.

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Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects

• Loading of fixtures containing models referencing Locale NO CHANGES
• New image quality defaults NO CHANGES

Upgrade considerations - changes affecting Wagtail customizations

• Userbar items renderingNO CHANGES

Upgrade considerations - changes to undocumented internals

• Userbar items internalsNO CHANGES
• Image URL generator changes NO CHANGES
• Refactored validation logic for generic model CreateView and EditView NO CHANGES

All versions extras

Identified by the support team as additional considerations to be checked for all Wagtail upgrades

• Node version should be >=20: Is there a node upgrade to be combined with this? Raise as a follow up action if a node upgrade is required OK
• Dockerfile images should be at least python 3.13 and the OS should be pinned. Is there a python docker image upgrade to be combined with this? Raise as a follow up action if a Docker image upgrade is required UPDATED
• TBX forms should be updated to the latest verion if it's used. NOT USED
• Are any changes required around Wagtail Footnotes? Have you tested the performance when saving pages with a high number of footnotes? NOT USED
• Django has been updated to the latest 4.2 or 5.2 patch version. UPGRADED
• If an upgrading.md file exists, update it with the latest information for any future upgrade checks. UPDATED
• Overridden admin templates have been updated, if required, to match the latest Wagtail version. CHECKED
• Are any wagtail packages using our forked version tags? UPDATED
• Run trivy to check for security patches that poetry may not bump. YES
• CHANGELOG updated or created. ADDED

Additional Considerations

Any other considerations you've made and/or considered.

• None

[damwaingames]

Looks Good to me