Flag python 3.9+ as required + deprecate incompatible django-nose lib…

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README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Janeway is a web-based platform for publishing journals, preprints, conference proceedings, and books. It is developed and maintained by a team of developers at the Open Library of Humanities, part of Birkbeck, University of London.
 
 # Technology
-Janeway is written in Python (3.6+) and utilises the Django framework (3.2). 
+Janeway is written in Python (3.9+) and utilises the Django framework (3.2).
 
 
 # Installation instructions

dev-requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-django_nose
 coverage
 ipdb
 python-wordpress-xmlrpc

src/core/dev_settings.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 )
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'debug_toolbar',
-    'django_nose',
 ]
 
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ def show_toolbar(request):
 DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
     "SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK": show_toolbar,
 }
-TEST_RUNNER = 'django_nose.NoseTestSuiteRunner'
 
 HIJACK_LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/manager/'
 HIJACK_USERS_ENABLED = True

src/core/templatetags/debug_tools.py

@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ class TraceNode(template.Node):
     """
 
     def render(self, context):
-        try:
-            from nose import tools
-            tools.set_trace()         # Debugger will stop here
-        except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError):
-            import pdb
-            pdb.set_trace()           # Debugger will stop here
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
         return ''