<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Django 1.2 RC 1 release notes — Django v1.2 documentation</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/default.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = {
URL_ROOT: '../',
VERSION: '1.2',
COLLAPSE_INDEX: false,
FILE_SUFFIX: '.html',
HAS_SOURCE: true
};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/underscore.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/doctools.js"></script>
<link rel="top" title="Django v1.2 documentation" href="../index.html" />
<link rel="up" title="Release notes" href="index.html" />
<link rel="next" title="Django 1.2 beta 1 release notes" href="1.2-beta-1.html" />
<link rel="prev" title="Django version 0.95 release notes" href="0.95.html" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="../templatebuiltins.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function($) {
if (!django_template_builtins) {
// templatebuiltins.js missing, do nothing.
return;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
// Hyperlink Django template tags and filters
var base = "../ref/templates/builtins.html";
if (base == "#") {
// Special case for builtins.html itself
base = "";
}
// Tags are keywords, class '.k'
$("div.highlight\\-html\\+django span.k").each(function(i, elem) {
var tagname = $(elem).text();
if ($.inArray(tagname, django_template_builtins.ttags) != -1) {
var fragment = tagname.replace(/_/, '-');
$(elem).html("<a href='" + base + "#" + fragment + "'>" + tagname + "</a>");
}
});
// Filters are functions, class '.nf'
$("div.highlight\\-html\\+django span.nf").each(function(i, elem) {
var filtername = $(elem).text();
if ($.inArray(filtername, django_template_builtins.tfilters) != -1) {
var fragment = filtername.replace(/_/, '-');
$(elem).html("<a href='" + base + "#" + fragment + "'>" + filtername + "</a>");
}
});
});
})(jQuery);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="document">
<div id="custom-doc" class="yui-t6">
<div id="hd">
<h1><a href="../index.html">Django v1.2 documentation</a></h1>
<div id="global-nav">
<a title="Home page" href="../index.html">Home</a> |
<a title="Table of contents" href="../contents.html">Table of contents</a> |
<a title="Global index" href="../genindex.html">Index</a> |
<a title="Module index" href="../py-modindex.html">Modules</a>
</div>
<div class="nav">
« <a href="0.95.html" title="Django version 0.95 release notes">previous</a>
|
<a href="index.html" title="Release notes" accesskey="U">up</a>
|
<a href="1.2-beta-1.html" title="Django 1.2 beta 1 release notes">next</a> »</div>
</div>
<div id="bd">
<div id="yui-main">
<div class="yui-b">
<div class="yui-g" id="releases-1.2-rc-1">
<div class="section" id="s-django-1-2-rc-1-release-notes">
<span id="django-1-2-rc-1-release-notes"></span><h1>Django 1.2 RC 1 release notes<a class="headerlink" href="#django-1-2-rc-1-release-notes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>May 5, 2010</p>
<p>Welcome to the first Django 1.2 release candidate!</p>
<p>This is the third – and likely last – in a series of
preview/development releases leading up to the eventual release of
Django 1.2. This release is targeted primarily at developers who are
interested in trying out new features and testing the Django codebase
to help identify and resolve any critical bugs prior to the final 1.2
release.</p>
<p>As such, this release is not yet intended for production use, and any
such use is discouraged.</p>
<p>Django has been feature frozen since the 1.2 beta release, so this
release candidate contains no new features, only bugfixes; for a
summary of features new to Django 1.2, consult the <a class="reference internal" href="1.2-alpha-1.html"><em>1.2 alpha</em></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="1.2-beta-1.html"><em>1.2 beta</em></a>
release notes.</p>
<div class="section" id="s-python-compatibility">
<span id="python-compatibility"></span><h2>Python compatibility<a class="headerlink" href="#python-compatibility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>While not a new feature, it’s important to note that Django 1.2
introduces the first shift in our Python compatibility policy since
Django’s initial public debut. Previous Django releases were tested
and supported on 2.x Python versions from 2.3 up; Django 1.2, however,
drops official support for Python 2.3. As such, the minimum Python
version required for Django is now 2.4, and Django is tested and
supported on Python 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6, and will be supported on the
as-yet-unreleased Python 2.7.</p>
<p>This change should affect only a small number of Django users, as most
operating-system vendors today are shipping Python 2.4 or newer as
their default version. If you’re still using Python 2.3, however,
you’ll need to stick to Django 1.1 until you can upgrade; per
<a class="reference internal" href="../internals/release-process.html"><em>our support policy</em></a>, Django 1.1 will
continue to receive security support until the release of Django 1.3.</p>
<p>A roadmap for Django’s overall 2.x Python support, and eventual
transition to Python 3.x, is currently being developed, and will be
announced prior to the release of Django 1.3.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="s-the-django-1-2-roadmap">
<span id="the-django-1-2-roadmap"></span><h2>The Django 1.2 roadmap<a class="headerlink" href="#the-django-1-2-roadmap" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>As of this release candidate, Django 1.2 is in both feature freeze and
“string freeze” – all strings marked for translation in the Django
codebase will retain their current form in the final Django 1.2
release. Only critical release-blocking bugs, documentation and
updated translation files will receive attention between now and the
final 1.2 release. Note that Django’s localization infrastructure has
been expanded for 1.2, and translation packages should now include a
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">formats.py</span></tt> file containing data for localized formatting of
numbers and dates.</p>
<p>If no critical bugs are discovered, Django 1.2 will be released
approximately one week after this release candidate, on or about May
12, 2010.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="s-what-you-can-do-to-help">
<span id="what-you-can-do-to-help"></span><h2>What you can do to help<a class="headerlink" href="#what-you-can-do-to-help" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>In order to provide a high-quality 1.2 release, we need your
help. Although this release candidate is, again, <em>not</em> intended for
production use, you can help the Django team by trying out this
release candidate in a safe testing environment and reporting any bugs
or issues you encounter. The Django ticket tracker is the central
place to search for open issues:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://code.djangoproject.com/timeline">http://code.djangoproject.com/timeline</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Please open a new ticket only if no existing ticket corresponds to a
problem you’re running into.</p>
<p>Additionally, discussion of Django development, including progress
toward the 1.2 release, takes place daily on the django-developers
mailing list:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers">http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers</a></li>
</ul>
<p>... and in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#django-dev</span></tt> IRC channel on <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">irc.freenode.net</span></tt>. If you’re
interested in helping out with Django’s development, feel free to join the
discussions there.</p>
<p>Django’s online documentation also includes pointers on how to contribute to
Django:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../internals/contributing.html"><em>How to contribute to Django</em></a></li>
</ul>
<p>Contributions on any level – developing code, writing documentation or simply
triaging tickets and helping to test proposed bugfixes – are always welcome and
appreciated.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="yui-b" id="sidebar">
<div class="sphinxsidebar">
<div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper">
<h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Django 1.2 RC 1 release notes</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#python-compatibility">Python compatibility</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#the-django-1-2-roadmap">The Django 1.2 roadmap</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#what-you-can-do-to-help">What you can do to help</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Browse</h3>
<ul>
<li>Prev: <a href="0.95.html">Django version 0.95 release notes</a></li>
<li>Next: <a href="1.2-beta-1.html">Django 1.2 beta 1 release notes</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>You are here:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="../index.html">Django v1.2 documentation</a>
<ul><li><a href="index.html">Release notes</a>
<ul><li>Django 1.2 RC 1 release notes</li></ul>
</li></ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>This Page</h3>
<ul class="this-page-menu">
<li><a href="../_sources/releases/1.2-rc-1.txt"
rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="searchbox" style="display: none">
<h3>Quick search</h3>
<form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get">
<input type="text" name="q" size="18" />
<input type="submit" value="Go" />
<input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
<input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" />
</form>
<p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%">
Enter search terms or a module, class or function name.
</p>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script>
</div>
</div>
<h3>Last update:</h3>
<p class="topless">Oct 20, 2010</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="ft">
<div class="nav">
« <a href="0.95.html" title="Django version 0.95 release notes">previous</a>
|
<a href="index.html" title="Release notes" accesskey="U">up</a>
|
<a href="1.2-beta-1.html" title="Django 1.2 beta 1 release notes">next</a> »</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearer"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
distrib
>
Arklinux
>
devel
>
i586
>
media
>
main
>
by-pkgid
>
5fcb1fedf34660bc240dc59b7bfcebc4
>
files
>
424
