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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Troggle & Expo Systems - status update</h1>
<p>Troggle is the software which runs the the expo cave survey data management and website. 

<p>For earlier history see <a href="../website-history.html">Website history</a>.


<h4>March 2022</h4>

<p>On 15th March Wookey upgraded the server to the debian release 11 <var>bullseye</var>. 
At this point 'debian stable' is bullseye and has python 3.9 as 
standard. We will quickly migrate to Django 3.2 LTS which is now a year old and which will be <a 
href="https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions">supported until April 2024</a>. 
<var>Bullseye</var> will be <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS">in support until June 2026</a>.

<p>Django migrations are not nearly as painful as they used to be, and troggle is already compatible with Django 4.0.3 (though we won't use that).
So the presure to migrate from Django is now very greatly lessened. However, see <a href="trogspeculate.html">troggle architecture speculations</a>
and possible <a href="trog2030.html">migration from Django</a>.


<p>We should not need to anything until we move from Django 3.2 LTS to 4.2 LTS before April 2024.

  <h4>July 2022</h4>
<p>Wookey at last, after much effort, got the loser repository converted from mercurial to git, with much tidying and 
history-reconfabulation. He says this will need to be done again, but it was good enough for the 2022 Expo. Also the troggle code was 
changed: survex files edited on a webpage now automatically commit to git with no user involvement.
<p>Just before expo, we finished integrating the formerly-separate 'wallets' script. 
So now the progress of scanning and tunneling survey data can be managed more easily. This 
has turned out to be unexpectedly powerful. And it works on the data back to 1999 too.
<p>Wookey's replacment WiFi antenna (previously we had used Sam's) turned out to be useless, so internet access was not
available in the hut this year. This was a real pain.

 <h4>July 2023</h4>
<p>Because Nadia asked nicely, we now have a rename form for uploaded files in wallets. This year we also have a 'create wallet' form.
<p>In the potato hut the blue netbook crashed horribly during expo and although Mark Shinwell coaxed it back to life, repreated fsck means that it needs to be retired before next year. The netbook was running Wookey's carefully curated drivers for the replacement USB-WiFi antenna which restored reasonable internet access in the hut this year.

 <h4>September 2023</h4>
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 Too late for expo, but we now have a logbook entry creation and editing form running in a webpage.
 Hopefully this will reverse the trend in recent years for many fewer people writing up trips in the logbook and many fewer trip records in general. The whiteboard at topcamp is a wonderful thing, but it gets erased so we no longer have a callout book permant record of trips.
<h4>August 2024</h4>
 <p>The online logbook data entry (typing entries instead of writing them in longhand) has been a great success and was used intensively duringt he 2024 expedition. Many, many glitches were discovered and fixed during expo. James Waite still manages to crash it when nobody else does and we don't know why.
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Return to: <br />
<a href="../website-history.html">Website history</a><br /><br /><br />
Go on to: <a href="trogarch.html">Troggle architecture</a><br />
Return to: <a href="trogintro.html">Troggle intro</a><br /><br />
Troggle index: 
<a href="trogindex.html">Index of all troggle documents</a><br /><hr />

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Troggle status update in handbook 2022-03-04 21:25:49 +00:00			`<h4>March 2022</h4>`

Update docs to bullseye 2022-03-16 12:46:33 +00:00			`<p>On 15th March Wookey upgraded the server to the debian release 11 <var>bullseye</var>.`
Troggle status update in handbook 2022-03-04 21:25:49 +00:00			`At this point 'debian stable' is bullseye and has python 3.9 as`
Update docs to bullseye 2022-03-16 12:46:33 +00:00			`standard. We will quickly migrate to Django 3.2 LTS which is now a year old and which will be <a`
Troggle status update in handbook 2022-03-04 21:25:49 +00:00			`href="https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions">supported until April 2024</a>.`
			`<var>Bullseye</var> will be <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS">in support until June 2026</a>.`

			`<p>Django migrations are not nearly as painful as they used to be, and troggle is already compatible with Django 4.0.3 (though we won't use that).`
			`So the presure to migrate from Django is now very greatly lessened. However, see <a href="trogspeculate.html">troggle architecture speculations</a>`
			`and possible <a href="trog2030.html">migration from Django</a>.`


Troggle staus & history update 2022-12-16 16:26:16 +00:00			`<p>We should not need to anything until we move from Django 3.2 LTS to 4.2 LTS before April 2024.`
Troggle status update in handbook 2022-03-04 21:25:49 +00:00
Loser git conversion - online edit of handbook/troggle/trogstatus.html 2022-08-07 21:13:28 +01:00			`<h4>July 2022</h4>`
handbook edits to better describe new wallets system 2022-10-10 22:30:47 +01:00			`<p>Wookey at last, after much effort, got the loser repository converted from mercurial to git, with much tidying and`
			`history-reconfabulation. He says this will need to be done again, but it was good enough for the 2022 Expo. Also the troggle code was`
			`changed: survex files edited on a webpage now automatically commit to git with no user involvement.`
			`<p>Just before expo, we finished integrating the formerly-separate 'wallets' script.`
Troggle staus & history update 2022-12-16 16:26:16 +00:00			`So now the progress of scanning and tunneling survey data can be managed more easily. This`
			`has turned out to be unexpectedly powerful. And it works on the data back to 1999 too.`
status updates 2023-09-02 22:49:43 +01:00			`<p>Wookey's replacment WiFi antenna (previously we had used Sam's) turned out to be useless, so internet access was not`
			`available in the hut this year. This was a real pain.`

			`<h4>July 2023</h4>`
			`<p>Because Nadia asked nicely, we now have a rename form for uploaded files in wallets. This year we also have a 'create wallet' form.`
			`<p>In the potato hut the blue netbook crashed horribly during expo and although Mark Shinwell coaxed it back to life, repreated fsck means that it needs to be retired before next year. The netbook was running Wookey's carefully curated drivers for the replacement USB-WiFi antenna which restored reasonable internet access in the hut this year.`

			`<h4>September 2023</h4>`
			`<p>`
			`Too late for expo, but we now have a logbook entry creation and editing form running in a webpage.`
			`Hopefully this will reverse the trend in recent years for many fewer people writing up trips in the logbook and many fewer trip records in general. The whiteboard at topcamp is a wonderful thing, but it gets erased so we no longer have a callout book permant record of trips.`
2024 update - online edit of handbook/troggle/trogstatus.html 2024-11-22 18:04:52 +00:00			`<h4>August 2024</h4>`
			`<p>The online logbook data entry (typing entries instead of writing them in longhand) has been a great success and was used intensively duringt he 2024 expedition. Many, many glitches were discovered and fixed during expo. James Waite still manages to crash it when nobody else does and we don't know why.`
Restructuring troggle notes and creation of troggle documentation directory in the handbook 2020-04-02 14:25:58 +01:00			`<hr />`
Tidying and extending troggle documentation 2020-07-10 02:51:53 +01:00			`<img border="1" class="onright" width="150px" src='tricky-troggle.jpg' alt='git logo'/></a>`
New index to all troggle pages 2020-07-27 01:42:09 +01:00			`Return to: <br />`
			`<a href="../website-history.html">Website history</a><br /><br /><br />`
			`Go on to: <a href="trogarch.html">Troggle architecture</a><br />`
			`Return to: <a href="trogintro.html">Troggle intro</a><br /><br />`
			`Troggle index:`
			`<a href="trogindex.html">Index of all troggle documents</a><br /><hr />`

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