django-mptt

[hardfalcon]

The maintainer of django-mptt has marked the project as unmaintained, although it looks like he is still actively developing it:

• https://github.com/django-mptt/django-mptt/blob/79301e1cb8902535c4954b32196963a6794bd74b/CHANGELOG.rst#013
• https://twitter.com/matthispam/status/1367205308439949313

The requirements.txt in rdmo 1.6-rc.1 lists django-mptt 0.12 as a dependency - can this be safely updated to 0.13.2 if support for Python 3.6 is not needed, or are there any additional compatibility issues known/to be expected?

[afuetterer]

The required version is set to django-mptt~=0.13.4 in

rdmo/pyproject.toml

Line 49 in c9b9560

"django-mptt~=0.13.4",

The tests are passing.

The question on how to deal with unmaintained dependencies still remains relevant.

[afuetterer]

There is also some recent activity in this alternative library:
https://github.com/django-treebeard/django-treebeard/

[jochenklar]

Yes, I know of tree beard, and I would use it it I would need a tree in a new project. Replacing mptt was is not the highest priority right now. For Attribute we actually don't really need a tree anymore. The projects should be migrated to treebeard eventually.

[afuetterer]

Okay, so this issue should be left as is for the time being?

Long term goal: replace django-mptt -> django-treebeard

[afuetterer]

Version in #693: django-mptt~=0.14
Tests are passing.

[afuetterer]

This might also be worth a look, if trees are needed:
https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/django-treenode

[MyPyDavid]

Another interesting discussion about this vittoriozamboni/django-groups-manager#71