<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.9 release candidate 1 released</p><p>Last month, saw the release of 1.9 RC1 (now official). It’s the first official non-LTS release since</p><p>the new release process was formalized</p><p>.</p><p>Bugfix release issued: 1.8.6</p><p>1.8.6 fixes a handful of …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Bugfix release issued: 1.8.5</p><p>A handlful of bugs in the 1.8 release series have been resolved in the latest release.</p><p>Django 1.9 beta 1 released</p><p>1.9 brings a lot of new features including password validators, parallel tests, a Postgres …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.9 alpha 1 released</p><p>The next version of Django hit feature-freeze with lots of cool new features: password validators, parallel testing, a true Postgres JSON field, and more.</p><p>New options for donating to the DSF</p><p>To keep up …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django team seeks help maintaining Oracle and Oracle GIS backends</p><p>Are you using Oracle with Django? The database backend is currently without a maintainer and runs the risk of being deprecated unless somebody steps up to provide support.</p><p>Security …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Security releases issued: 1.8.3, 1.7.9, 1.4.21</p><p>A possible denial of service attack related to Django’s session framework was patched. If you’re using a third-party session framework, be sure it’s been updated as well.</p><p>Django Has a New Admin Theme</p><p> …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django’s Roadmap</p><p>Based on the results of the community survey, a long-term release roadmap has been put in place. Extra effort was made to ease the upgrade burden on developers and third-party applications.</p><p>Django Software Foundation announces Diversity Statement</p><p> …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Developers Community Survey</p><p>The Django Core Team wants to know more about how</p><p>you</p><p>use Django. Take a few minutes to fill out the survey and help them tailor Django so it meets our needs.</p><p>Bugfix and Security …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Security Advisory: Arbitrary file inclusion through docutils</p><p>If you are allowing untrusted users to input reStructuredText which later gets passed through</p><p>docutils</p><p>, be sure to read this advisory to ensure your application is configured securely.</p><p>DjangoCon EU Talk …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>DjangoCon US in Austin, TX</p><p>The website for this year's DjangoCon US officially launched (designed by us at</p><p>Lincoln Loop</p><p>). This year's conference is being run by a newly founded non-profit,</p><p>more details on the blog</p><p>.</p><p>Security …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.8 beta 1 and 1.7.5 Released</p><p>Django 1.8 is one step closer to release and 1.7 has received a few bug fixes.</p><p>DjangoCon Europe 2015 Update</p><p>DjangoCon EU is just over a month away and tickets are going …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.8 alpha 1 released</p><p>The next version of Django hit alpha stage and should be hitting beta this week. This is another big release, including two crowdfunded initiatives, Marc Tamlyn's Postgres contrib module and Aymeric Augustin's multiple template …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>PyCon 2015 Talk Schedule</p><p>PyCon will be returning to Montréal this April and the talk schedule was just announced. At least one Django talk is on the docket, but there's always a lot to offer here for Django devs.</p><p> …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Websites Redesign</p><p>Ok, so this didn't happen in November, but it's too big not to include. For the first time since it's public launch nearly 10 years ago,</p><p>www.djangoproject.com</p><p>got a redesign. Congrats to everyone involved.</p><p>DjangoCon Europe …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Bugfix Releases</p><p>An incremental bugfix release was done for Djangos 1.4.x-1.7.x. The older ones are pretty minor, but there's a</p><p>laundry list of fixes in 1.7.1</p><p>that are worth checking out.</p><p>Inagural Django Fellows Announced</p><p>For the first …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.7 Released</p><p>This is big news. Django 1.7 is a huge release, including database migrations and an app loading refactor (no more empty</p><p>models.py</p><p>files!). Lots of other goodies in</p><p>the release notes</p><p>.</p><p>DSF calls for applicants …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Security Releases</p><p>New security releases in the 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 branches were made. They address multiple vulnerabilities. Make sure to review the notes to see if you are affected.</p><p>A thank you to the companies that …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.7 release candidate 2</p><p>The 1.7 release is nigh! Lots of awesome improvements coming down the pike.</p><p>DjangoCon US Schedule Posted</p><p>The preliminary talk schedule for DjangoCon US was posted recently. It will be back in Portland this …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.7 release candidate 1</p><p>Django 1.7 is creeping towards an official release. Lots of changes in this one including an app loading refactor and built-in schema migrations.</p><p>DjangoCon US Call for Proposals</p><p>The talk proposal deadline for DjangoCon …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Security Releases</p><p>Django 1.4.13, 1.5.8, 1.6.5 and 1.7 beta 4 were released to address an issue with caches serving private data and URL validation allowing redirects to malformed URLs. These issues likely affect a majority of users and …</p>
<p>Hi there! As you probably noticed, Django Round-up has been on hiatus for the last few months. We got busy and the newsletter fell by the wayside. Sorry for leaving you hanging!</p><p>Moving forward, we're considering a monthly format instead …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>DjangoCon US Videos</p><p>The full set of videos from DjangoCon US were released by Open Bastion. If you weren't able to attend in person, block off your schedule, start up your YouTubes and enjoy.</p><p>Lincoln Loop's BotBot Tee</p><p>What's …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Security Release</p><p>Django 1.4.8, Django 1.5.4, and Django 1.6 beta 4 were released last week. They fix an easily exploitable issue with the password hasher that could lead to a denial-of-service attack. It is recommended that to upgrade …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>DjangoCon US 2013</p><p>Last week DjangoCon US was held in Chicago, bringing together some of the best and the brightest in the community. While you'll still have to wait for the videos, many of the presenters have posted their …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>A Plan Comes Together</p><p>Andrew Godwin merged his migrations branch into Django master. This means, barring some horrible problem, we'll be seeing it in the 1.7 release of Django. Congratulations to Andrew on his monumental effort and getting this …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django Security Releases Issued</p><p>1.5.2, 1.4.6, and 1.6 beta 2 were released to address two cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs found in Django. The release notes state that, "While these issues present limited risk and may not affect all Django …</p>
<p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.6 Beta 1 Released</p><p>That was quick! Just four months after the release of 1.5, 1.6 is getting ready to spread it's wings. Big new features include persistent database connections (likely a nice speed improvement for many sites), …</p>
<p>Happy Friday, here's Django Round-up, lucky number 13, hot off the presses.</p><p>Featured</p><p>Tunnel Lights</p><p>Andrew Godwin's latest in his Django migrations epic. After years of planning, he finally has functional code working with the Django core. He describes some …</p>
<p>Bienvenidos a Django Round-up #12!</p><p>Featured</p><p>Jeremy Dunck joins the DSF Board</p><p>Jeremy Dunck, former Django Software Foundation secretary, was voted into the board seat vacated by Alex Gaynor (who left to become director of the</p><p>Python</p><p>Software Foundation). Andy …</p>
<p>Good day Djangonauts! Enjoy today's tasty slice of Django Round-up (#11)...</p><p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.6 alpha 1 Released</p><p>It feels like 1.5 was just released, but 1.6 is already nearing completion. Major features include better (more secure) default settings and persistent …</p>
<p>Greetings from Greece (γεια σας!) where</p><p>Lincoln Loop is setting up camp for the week</p><p>. Without further delay, here's Django Round-up #10.</p><p>Featured</p><p>Getting Started with Django, Lesson 4</p><p>The latest in the Getting Started with Django series. In …</p>
<p>Happy May and welcome to Django Round-up #9! I have a</p><p>special request</p><p>for you, so please check the bottom of the email before clicking the "archive" button.</p><p>Featured</p><p>Django Software Foundation call for board nominations</p><p>Alex Gaynor is stepping …</p>
<p>Hidee-ho Django Round-Up readers! We're back with issue #8:</p><p>Featured</p><p>A whole load of Kickstarting</p><p>The post-mortem for Andrew Godwin's Kickstarter project to add schema migrations to Django core. He raised nearly £18k, via over 500 donations and plans to …</p>
<p>Top o' the morning (or evening) Django Round-Up readers! Here's issue #7, hot off the presses:</p><p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.5.1 Released</p><p>A minor release fixing a memory leak in 1.5 and some smaller non-critical bugs.</p><p>Schema Migrations for Django Kickstarter</p><p>Andrew …</p>
<p>¡Buenos dias Django Round-Up readers! Here's issue #6 with lots of PyCon goodness:</p><p>Featured</p><p>Goodbye, Malcolm</p><p>Today's round-up starts on a horribly somber note. The Django community lost one of its leaders last week when Malcolm Tredinnick passed away. He …</p>
<p>Hello and happy Friday Django Round-up readers! Without delay, here's issue #5:</p><p>Featured</p><p>Django 1.5 Released</p><p>Django 1.5 brings in some great new features including the long awaited, configurable user model! "Experimental" Python 3 support landed and the docs have …</p>
<p>Happy Friday! Here's Django Round-up #4, hot off the presses...</p><p>Featured</p><p>Django Security Releases</p><p>These fix a few new issues reported to Django's security team. One in particular requires the use of a new setting,</p><p>ALLOWED_HOSTS</p><p>. Be sure to …</p>
<p>Happy Friday! Django Round-up #3 is packed full of good info. Let's get started...</p><p>Featured</p><p>Everyblock Shutdown</p><p>We start off with some sad news, Django BDFL Adrian Holovaty's brainchild, Everyblock, was abruptly shutdown by NBC News this week. Some of …</p>
<p>Here it is, Django Round-up #2. We've been scouring the internet for the last couple of weeks looking for the best in Django related topics. We hope it keeps you up-to-date while saving your valuable time. Enjoy!</p><p>Featured</p><p>Two Scoops …</p>
<p>Hi there, welcome to the first of what we hope are more Django round-ups. We scoured the internet for great Django resources, then bundled them up for you here. We hope it helps you</p><p>stay current</p><p>and</p><p>not miss anything …</p>
