show version and start date

jmdc-ui/jmdc_app/__init__.py

+from datetime import datetime
+import os
+
 from pyramid.config import Configurator
 from pyramid.session import SignedCookieSessionFactory
 
@@ -12,6 +15,18 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
             return None
         session_factory = SignedCookieSessionFactory(secret)
         config.set_session_factory(session_factory)
+
+        # Startup timestamp
+        date_now = str(datetime.now())
+        config.registry.settings['jmdc.start'] = date_now
+
+        # Startup version
+        try:
+            v = os.environ['IMAGE_TAG']
+        except:
+            v="IMAGE_TAG undefined"
+        config.registry.settings['jmdc.version'] = v
+
         config.include('pyramid_mailer')
         config.include('.models')
         config.include('pyramid_jinja2')

jmdc-ui/jmdc_app/templates/jmdc_about.jinja2

 {% extends "jmdc-main.jinja2" %}
 
 {% block content %}
-        <h1>Collaborative JMDC catalog service</h1>
+    <h1>Collaborative JMDC catalog service</h1>
         
         <p>Please contact the <a href="http://www.jmmc.fr/support">JMMC user support</a> for any remark or issue on this service.</p>
-        
-        <h2>Release notes</h2>
+
+    <h2>Release notes</h2>
+
+        <p>
+            <em>Start date:</em> <b>{{ start_date }}</b> </code>
+            <em>Version:</em> <b>{{ version }}</b> </code>
+        </p>
+
         <div>
         <ul>
         <li>V.TBD - July 2019
@@ -17,12 +23,11 @@
         </ul>
         </div>
 
-        <h2>Backlog</h2>
+    <h2>Backlog</h2>
         <div>
-        <ul>
+            <ul>
             <li>Provide a single record submission form</li>
-        </ul>
-
+            </ul>
         </div>
  
 

jmdc-ui/jmdc_app/views/jmdc_about.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from pyramid.view import view_config
 @view_config(route_name='jmdc_about', renderer='../templates/jmdc_about.jinja2')
 def jmdc_about(request):
 
-    session = request.dbsession
-
-    return { }
+    return {
+        'start_date': request.registry.settings['jmdc.start'],
+        'version': request.registry.settings['jmdc.version']
+    }