fix: set utf8mb4 charset on django conection options

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"