Fixed #19180 - Clarified policy regarding older versions of the docs.
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Django from the source code repository
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Django from the source code repository
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(see :ref:`installing-development-version`). The development version has the
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(see :ref:`installing-development-version`). The development version has the
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latest-and-greatest documentation, just as it has latest-and-greatest code.
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latest-and-greatest documentation, just as it has latest-and-greatest code.
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Generally, we only revise documentation in the development version, as our
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We also backport documentation fixes and improvements, at the discretion of the
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policy is to freeze documentation for existing releases (see
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committer, to the last release branch. That's because it's highly advantageous
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to have the docs for the last release be up-to-date and correct (see
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:ref:`differences-between-doc-versions`).
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:ref:`differences-between-doc-versions`).
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Getting started with Sphinx
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Getting started with Sphinx
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@ -216,15 +216,13 @@ We follow this policy:
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"New in version X.Y", being X.Y the next release version (hence, the one
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"New in version X.Y", being X.Y the next release version (hence, the one
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being developed).
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being developed).
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* Documentation for a particular Django release is frozen once the version
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* Documentation fixes and improvements may be backported to the last release
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has been released officially. It remains a snapshot of the docs as of the
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branch, at the discretion of the committer, however, once a version of
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moment of the release. We will make exceptions to this rule in
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Django is :ref:`no longer supported<backwards-compatibility-policy>`, that
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the case of retroactive security updates or other such retroactive
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version of the docs won't get any further updates.
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changes. Once documentation is frozen, we add a note to the top of each
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frozen document that says "These docs are frozen for Django version XXX"
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and links to the current version of that document.
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* The `main documentation Web page`_ includes links to documentation for
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* The `main documentation Web page`_ includes links to documentation for
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all previous versions.
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all previous versions. Be sure you are using the version of the docs
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corresponding to the version of Django you are using!
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.. _main documentation Web page: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/
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.. _main documentation Web page: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/
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