django-rest-framework-jwt is Unmaintained as of 8/2019 Replace

[BethanyG]

Since we followed a link from the DRF docs and a related tutorial directly to PyPI (where the status is not listed), we missed that https://github.com/jpadilla/django-rest-framework-jwt is unmaintained a of 8/2019. See issue jpadilla/django-rest-framework-jwt#484. We will now need to replace it.

One recommended route is to use https://github.com/davesque/django-rest-framework-simplejwt. The two libraries look similar at first glance, so the hope is the replacement will be fairly straightforward.

Using: "drop-in fork" at https://github.com/Styria-Digital/django-rest-framework-jwt.

[BethanyG]

Thoughts on which way we'd like to go? Should we use the drop-in replacement, or switch to the simplejwt lib? Rude trick not making the status clear on PyPI.

[lpatmo]

Good catch! I vote to use the drop-in fork at https://github.com/Styria-Digital/django-rest-framework-jwt. :)

[BethanyG]

I think I am going to do just that....at least for now.