Revert docker-compose.yaml changes based on feedback

Also a small update to readme (use of `docker-compose` is deprecated

- revert 'depends_on' change. This was a
  [docker bug in 2.24](docker/compose#11544)
- Remove unneeded comments

dev/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-Development can be done running local docker containers. First `docker-compose` is used
+Development can be done running local docker containers. First `docker compose` is used
 to launch containers for each service. Most containers do not start the service
 directly, allowing this to be done manually from inside the container (eg using VS Code
 Dev Containers). Commands for each service are given below.
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
 ## Starting containers
 
 ### :warning: IMPORTANT
-The docker-compose builds the containers from the Dockerfile of each submodule, thus
+The `docker compose` builds the containers from the Dockerfile of each submodule, thus
 using the submodule checked out to a particular commit. It is often the case that when
 setting up the environment one wants the components to be checked out automatically to
 the latest on main. The command above (`git submodule update --init --recursive
 --remote`) does that but might break any component where a non-backwards compatible
 change was applied. We reference in the config of each components the latest commit
-(.git-commit-sha) of the submodule where the docker-compose was run and worked the last
+(.git-commit-sha) of the submodule where `docker compose` was run and worked the last
 time, whenever the submodule commit is different from the one referenced in the
 scicat-ci repo.
 
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ Build the docker containers with the suitable
 
 ```bash
 export COMPOSE_PROFILES=<MY_PROFILES>
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up -d --force-recreate --build --no-deps
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml up -d --force-recreate --build --no-deps
 ```
 
 All the application containers (excluding the db -mongo- and the db_seeding
--mongo_seed-) are meant to be used for development so docker-compose starts, rather than
+-mongo_seed-) are meant to be used for development so `docker compose` starts, rather than
 the applications, environments where the development environment of each application is
 set up. This means that, to run the application, one has to attach to the container and
 start it.
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ backend and the frontend.
 ```bash
 export COMPOSE_PROFILES=be,fe
 ```
-2. run docker-compose:
+2. run docker compose:
 ```bash
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up --force-recreate --build --no-deps -d
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml up --force-recreate --build --no-deps -d
 ```
 
 This will start four containers: the be container, the fe one, the mongodb database and
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ mongo.
 ```bash
 export COMPOSE_PROFILES=be_next,fe
 ```
-2. run docker-compose:
+2. run docker compose:
 ```bash
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up --force-recreate --build --no-deps -d
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml up --force-recreate --build --no-deps -d
 ```
 
 As before, this will start four containers: the be_next container, the fe one, the mongo
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ This compose file creates a new docker volume with test data. Removing this requ
 adding `--volumes` when shutting down the containers:
 
 ```bash
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml down --volumes
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml down --volumes
 ```
 
 If this is omitted it may eventually lead to your docker virtual disk filling up. If

dev/docker-compose.yaml

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ services:
       - be
       - be_next
       - oi
-    ports:
-    - 27017:27017
 
   mongodb_seed:
     image: mongo
@@ -22,6 +20,8 @@ services:
       - "-c"
       - "chmod u+x /mnt/mongo_import.sh && /mnt/mongo_import.sh"
     user: "0:0"
+    depends_on:
+      - mongodb
     restart: on-failure
     profiles:
       - never
@@ -32,17 +32,13 @@ services:
       - DATABASE=be
     profiles:
       - be
-    depends_on:
-      - mongodb
 
   mongodb_seed_be_next:
     extends: mongodb_seed
     environment:
       - DATABASE=be_next
     profiles:
       - be_next
-    depends_on:
-      - mongodb
 
   be:
     build: ../backend/.
@@ -75,8 +71,6 @@ services:
       - /frontend/dist
     command: /bin/sh -c "while true; do sleep 600; done"
     ports:
-      # Dev image with `node start` uses port 4200
-      # For the upstream dockerfile with nginx, use 4200:80
       - 4200:4200
     profiles:
       - fe