feat: add a feature flag to disable dates tab for all courses

[Cup0fCoffee]

Description

This PR adds a feature flag that allows disabling dates tab for all courses.

Testing instructions

1. Run the platform in a way that is convenient for you - tutor, devstack, etc.
2. Checkout this PR
3. Check that by default courses have dates tab (you might need to run ./manage.py cms backfill_course_tabs for them to appear, for example if running on devstack)
4. Set the DISABLE_DATES_TAB flag to True.
5. Validate that all courses now have the dates tab hidden, as it is no longer enabled.

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[ArturGaspar]

Instead of an instance-wide setting, I think it makes more sense to make this configurable per course, by setting is_hideable = True in the DatesTab class, and creating a course app to configure it in case the pages and resources MFE is enabled (e.g.

edx-platform/lms/djangoapps/courseware/plugins.py

Line 48 in a10fce3

def set_enabled(cls, course_key: CourseKey, enabled: bool, user: 'User') -> bool:

).

[ArturGaspar]

👍

• I tested this: setting the feature flag hides the dates tab when it is otherwise shown
• I read through the code
• I checked for accessibility issues
• Includes documentation
• I made sure any change in configuration variables is reflected in the corresponding client's configuration-secure repository. - N/A

[farhaanbukhsh]

@mphilbrick211 does this require a product review as well?

[farhaanbukhsh]

@itsjeyd same question as above?

[itsjeyd]

@farhaanbukhsh Please have a look at Does my contribution require Product Review?, it should help you with answering your question :)

[farhaanbukhsh]

@mphilbrick211 @itsjeyd it does qualify for product review. :)

[itsjeyd]

@farhaanbukhsh Alright, thanks for checking. The next step will be for you to complete the first two items listed here to get the product review process going.

CC @mphilbrick211

[farhaanbukhsh]

@Cup0fCoffee @mphilbrick211 @itsjeyd I have made a proposal openedx/platform-roadmap#392