# Porting status — Odoo 14.0 branch

This branch targets **Odoo Community 14.0** — the version **ITSulu runs in production**. It was
**seeded from the 17.0 baseline** and the Odoo-14 porting is tracked here. Until every item is
verified, treat this branch as **work in progress** — do not deploy to the production 14.0
instance unverified.

> The product feature set is the same across all Odoo branches; only the Odoo-API-specific code
> differs. Odoo 14 is **older** than the 17.0 baseline, so several things move *backwards*.
> See `CLAUDE.md` §15 for the branch model and §11.5 / §12 for version-specific gotchas.

## Series markers (done)

- [x] `.odoo-series` = `14.0`
- [x] `Dockerfile` base image = `odoo:14.0`
- [x] manifest version prefix = `14.0.` (via `bump-version.sh`)

## API porting checklist (verify on a real Odoo 14.0 instance)

- [ ] **Mail template syntax — REVERT to Jinja2.** Odoo 14 renders `mail.template` with Jinja2
      (`${object.blog_post_id.name}`, `% if`, `% for`), **not** the qweb `<t t-out>` used on 17.0.
      The 17.0 template in `data/mail_template_data.xml` must be converted back to Jinja for 14.0.
- [ ] **Mail render API.** 14.0 uses `template.render_template(...)` / `_render_template(...)`,
      not 17.0's `_render_field`. Update `blog_generation_log.send_notification_email` + tests.
- [ ] `blog.post` body field name on 14.0 (the 17.0 baseline writes `content` — confirm 14.0).
- [ ] Python 3.6–3.8 only — remove any 3.9+ syntax (dict `|` merge, `str.removeprefix`, etc.).
- [ ] `@api.model_create_multi`, `name_get`, and other ORM signatures valid on 14.0.
- [ ] View/RELAXNG validation for 14.0 (attrs/states syntax differs from 17.0).
- [ ] `ir.cron` + mail data XML formats.
- [ ] Full test suite green on a 14.0 template DB (K8s job, §8, base image `odoo:14.0`).
- [ ] pytest-odoo / pytest-bdd versions compatible with the 14.0 Python.

## How to work this branch

1. Stand up a 14.0 template DB (mirror §8, base image `odoo:14.0`).
2. Start with the mail template (Jinja revert) and the render API — those are the biggest deltas.
3. Run the suite, fix one Odoo-API difference at a time.
4. Record each gotcha in `CLAUDE.md` §12 tagged with the series.
5. When green, cut a release on this branch (`bump-version.sh` → tag `14.0-vX.Y.Z`).