Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/minor-improvements'

Author: tdruez

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-*.pyc
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+
 *.db
 .installed.cfg
 parts
@@ -26,9 +29,15 @@ _build
 pip-selfcheck.json
 pyvenv.cfg
 geckodriver.log
+
+# Various junk and temp files
 .DS_Store
+*~
+.*.sw[po]
+.build
+.ve
+*.bak
 var
-.metaflow
 share
 selenium
 local

Dockerfile

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.9
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Python settings: Force unbuffered stdout and stderr (i.e. they are flushed to terminal immediately)
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+# Python settings: do not write pyc files
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 
 # OS requirements as per