A way to "merge" sponsor objects in python.org/admin

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#2,370 opened on Feb 16, 2024 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 5/5
Estimated time: Over a week
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: backend

Research direction

Start at the sponsor administration page and the sponsor application flow, then trace how sponsor objects, contacts, logos, files, and renewal contracts are related. Define how duplicate records should be merged or which information should be retained, and verify that renewal contracts no longer fail with a 500 error.

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Description

admin app/sponsors backend enhancement

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Sometimes when submitting an application on our sponsor application page , sponsors will unintentionally create a second sponsor object for the same company.

This creates problems with populating renewal dates among other things--If the contract is a renewal, but it is not connected to the sponsor object associated with the last contract, the date of last contract is "UNKNOWN" and when I try to download the renewal contract I get a 500 error.

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice to have a way in https://www.python.org/admin/sponsors/sponsor/ to merge duplicate sponsor objects. Ideally they would retain the information/files from the most recently created sponsor object and/or ask which to retain.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Currently I haven't been able to find a way to generate a renewal contract in the case of duplicate sponsor objects, so I've just been manually creating the contract from the template in those cases. (E.g. frequently the sponsor contacts change from year to year, and sometimes the logo gets updated or other details change.)

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Screenshot 2024-02-16 at 17-11-13 Select sponsor to change python org

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