fix: set utf8mb4 charset on django conection options (#173)

Since several releases ago Tutor uses utf8mb4 as the default conection
charset but does not properly configure it for instances running
external MySQL.

This also includes some unrelated changes to the changelog management.

Author: MoisesGSalas

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ See the fragment files in the [changelog.d/ directory](./changelog.d).
 
 <!-- scriv-insert-here -->
 
+<a id='changelog-20.2.0'></a>
+## 20.2.0 — 2026-01-27
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Ensure that the `utf8mb4` charset is used when connecting to MySQL.
+- Do not proxy SCORM assets directly through the LMS. This restores the previous
+  behaviour for versions prior to v19.0.3 of openedx-scorm-xblock.
+
 <a id='changelog-20.1.1'></a>
 ## 20.1.1 — 2025-12-04
 

changelog.d/scriv/entry_title.md.j2

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% if version %}{{ version }} — {% endif %}{{ date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}

changelog.d/scriv/new_fragment.md.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<!--
+A new scriv changelog fragment.
+
+Uncomment the section that is right (remove the HTML comment wrapper).
+For top level release notes, leave all the headers commented out.
+-->
+
+{% for cat in config.categories -%}
+<!--
+### {{ cat }}
+
+- A bullet item for the {{ cat }} category.
+
+-->
+{% endfor -%}

drydock/patches/openedx-common-settings

@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ LOGGING["loggers"].pop("tracking")
 LOGGING["loggers"][""]["handlers"] = ["console"]
 
 FORUM_MONGODB_DATABASE = "{{ FORUM_MONGODB_DATABASE }}"
+
+DATABASES["default"]["OPTIONS"]["charset"] = "utf8mb4"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "tutor-contrib-drydock"
-version = "20.1.1"
+version = "20.2.0"
 description = "A Tutor plugin to manage our opinionated Open edX operations"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"