On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:34 PM, David Spreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > the Django project will release their version 1.0 in the beginning of > next week. I know that usually no new upstream versions are allowed into > Lenny at this point. I wonder though if Django could be an exception. > > 1. Django has a significant Debian user-base (638 pop contest > installations when I last checked). > > 2. It is unlikely that version 0.96 will receive ongoing security > support from upstream for long after 1.0. > > 3. Due to changes in the admin and form applications, Django 1.0 will be > backwards incompatible with 0.96 and the old stable version's use in > Debian might be questionable. > > 4. All packages that use Django are under our control (currently only in > experimental). > > Let me know what you think and how to best approach the release managers > with this. > > Most importantly, you can help this effort by testing the > python-django_1.0~beta1-1 package that is currently in experimental. I > am already using it in my own work.
I use Django from experimental regularly and it works just fine. I am +1. But I cannot help, too busy. Ondrej -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
