pyproj blocks catalog build on Python 3.9+

[nickumia-reisys]

Catalog: pyproj wheel fails to build on python 3.10. We are not sure if we can upgrade pyproj because upstream ckanext-spatial has pinned the package to 2.6.1. This may be able to be upgraded.

Inventory: Markdown

As a mitigation, catalog has been pinned to python 3.8.x

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[hkdctol]

Will move to product backlog just for the check of status, before we decide how to proceed

[nickumia-reisys]

Upstream CKAN is still relying on Python 3.7 for their tests. Python 3.7 also has an EOL in June 2023 (long enough that we think dependencies may be resolved upstream before this date). Cloudfoundry will likely support Python 3.7 until that time.

Please refer to slack discussion for current status.

• Upgrade Python catalog.data.gov#478

[hkdctol]

@nickumia-reisys just going through milestones tickets -- what's the status of this one as far as upstream?

[nickumia-reisys]

The pyproj issue has been resolved. Upstream has different requirements for Python<3.9 and Python>=3.9.

Commit that upgrades pyproj + Python 3.9: GSA/catalog.data.gov@86b0ffe

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Inventory: Markdown

This other part of the ticket is still an issue but it blocks Python 3.10 and is tracked in the following issue:

• Use of Markdown is not Python 3.10-ready #4056

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This issue can be safely closed.