Hi,

According to 
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/internals/release-process/#supported-versions,
 
it appears that when Django 1.8 is released, Django 1.6 will no longer 
receive security updates. I wanted to verify that this is true, and ask 
whether there's a possibility of an extension on this timeframe.

I'll explain the situation we're in.

I manage Review Board, a code review tool currently in use by several 
thousand companies/organizations, many of whom (according to stats we have 
available) are on Python 2.6. From conversations we've had, many of these 
companies are on LTS releases of Linux distributions that bundle Python 2.6 
by default (including their mod_wsgi support, etc.), and are likely to 
remain on it for the next year or two. Not to mention Amazon Linux and 
other variants are all sticking with 2.6 for now as well.

This puts us in a difficult position where we are unable to drop Python 2.6 
support without affecting a large number of installs out there (12% of our 
base, or over 700 installs), meaning we haven't yet been able to make the 
transition to Django 1.7/1.8 (as much as we want it). (It also makes the 
lives of packagers easier who are trying to support software stuck in this 
situation, from what I'm being told, as they're responsible for security 
updates.)

As Django 1.6 is the last release to support Python 2.6, it would be very 
nice to have a longer-term security release plan while companies transition 
over. We see this happening, but slowly.

Is there any possibility of treating Django 1.6 as a special LTS release?

Thanks for considering :)

Christian

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Christian Hammond
Review Board - https://www.reviewboard.org
Beanbag, Inc. - https://www.beanbaginc.com

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