7.2.1.md

Arches 7.2.1 release notes

Major enhancements

None

Additional highlights

None

Dependency changes

Python:
    Upgraded:
        None

    Added:
        None

JavaScript:
    Upgraded:
        jquery 3.6.1 -> 3.6.2

    Added:
        None

Breaking changes

None

Upgrading Arches

1. You must be upgraded to at least version 7.2.0 before proceeding. If you are on an earlier version, please refer to the upgrade process in the Version 7.2.0 release notes

2. Be sure to backup your database before proceeding.

3. Upgrade to Arches 7.2.1

   pip install --upgrade arches==7.2.1

Upgrading an Arches project

1. You must be upgraded to at least version 7.2.0 before proceeding. If you are on an earlier version, please refer to the upgrade process in the Version 7.2.0 release notes

2. Update the JavaScript dependencies and devDependencies In the project's package.json file from stable/7.2.0 to stable/7.2.1:

   # 7.2.0
   {
       "dependencies": {
           "arches": "archesproject/arches#stable/7.2.0",
       },
       "devDependencies": {
           "arches-dev-dependencies": "archesproject/arches-dev-dependencies#stable/7.2.0"
       }

   # 7.2.1
   {
       "dependencies": {
           "arches": "archesproject/arches#stable/7.2.1",
       },
       "devDependencies": {
           "arches-dev-dependencies": "archesproject/arches-dev-dependencies#stable/7.2.1"
       }

3. In a seperate terminal, navigate to the root directory of the project ( you should be on the same level as package.json )

   • manually remove the yarn.lock file, eg. rm yarn.lock
   • if it already exists, delete your media/node_modules folder
   • run yarn, this will install updated frontend dependencies in /media/node_modules.

4. If it's not already running, start the application server in a seperate terminal.

5. In the same terminal window where you ran yarn ( on the same level as package.json ), run yarn start or yarn build_development. This will generate your media/build directory.

   • yarn start will build the frontend of the application and then start a webpack development server
   • yarn build_development will build a development bundle for the frontend assests of the application -- this should complete in less than 2 minutes

   NOTE: Alternatively you can run python manage.py build_production. This will create a a production bundle of frontend assessts and also call collectstatic. The process usually takes between 1 and 2 hours depending on hardware.

6. If you are running Arches on Apache, be sure to run:

   python manage.py build_production  # see note in step 5

   and restart your server.

   sudo service apache2 reload