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Django 1.2 RC 1 release notes
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May 5, 2010
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Welcome to the first Django 1.2 release candidate!
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This is the third -- and likely last -- in a series of
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preview/development releases leading up to the eventual release of
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Django 1.2. This release is targeted primarily at developers who are
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interested in trying out new features and testing the Django codebase
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to help identify and resolve any critical bugs prior to the final 1.2
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release.
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As such, this release is not yet intended for production use, and any
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such use is discouraged.
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Django has been feature frozen since the 1.2 beta release, so this
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release candidate contains no new features, only bugfixes; for a
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summary of features new to Django 1.2, consult the :doc:`1.2 alpha
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</releases/1.2-alpha-1>` and :doc:`1.2 beta </releases/1.2-beta-1>`
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release notes.
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Python compatibility
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====================
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While not a new feature, it's important to note that Django 1.2
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introduces the first shift in our Python compatibility policy since
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Django's initial public debut. Previous Django releases were tested
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and supported on 2.x Python versions from 2.3 up; Django 1.2, however,
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drops official support for Python 2.3. As such, the minimum Python
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version required for Django is now 2.4, and Django is tested and
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supported on Python 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6, and will be supported on the
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as-yet-unreleased Python 2.7.
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This change should affect only a small number of Django users, as most
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operating-system vendors today are shipping Python 2.4 or newer as
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their default version. If you're still using Python 2.3, however,
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you'll need to stick to Django 1.1 until you can upgrade; per
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:doc:`our support policy </internals/release-process>`, Django 1.1 will
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continue to receive security support until the release of Django 1.3.
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A roadmap for Django's overall 2.x Python support, and eventual
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transition to Python 3.x, is currently being developed, and will be
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announced prior to the release of Django 1.3.
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The Django 1.2 roadmap
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======================
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As of this release candidate, Django 1.2 is in both feature freeze and
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"string freeze" -- all strings marked for translation in the Django
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codebase will retain their current form in the final Django 1.2
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release. Only critical release-blocking bugs, documentation and
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updated translation files will receive attention between now and the
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final 1.2 release. Note that Django's localization infrastructure has
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been expanded for 1.2, and translation packages should now include a
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``formats.py`` file containing data for localized formatting of
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numbers and dates.
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If no critical bugs are discovered, Django 1.2 will be released
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approximately one week after this release candidate, on or about May
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12, 2010.
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What you can do to help
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=======================
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In order to provide a high-quality 1.2 release, we need your
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help. Although this release candidate is, again, *not* intended for
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production use, you can help the Django team by trying out this
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release candidate in a safe testing environment and reporting any bugs
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or issues you encounter. The Django ticket tracker is the central
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place to search for open issues:
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* https://code.djangoproject.com/timeline
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Please open a new ticket only if no existing ticket corresponds to a
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problem you're running into.
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Additionally, discussion of Django development, including progress
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toward the 1.2 release, takes place daily on the django-developers
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mailing list:
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* http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers
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... and in the ``#django-dev`` IRC channel on ``irc.freenode.net``. If you're
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interested in helping out with Django's development, feel free to join the
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discussions there.
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Django's online documentation also includes pointers on how to contribute to
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Django:
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* :doc:`How to contribute to Django </internals/contributing/index>`
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Contributions on any level -- developing code, writing documentation or simply
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triaging tickets and helping to test proposed bugfixes -- are always welcome and
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appreciated.
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