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Django 1.3 alpha 2 release notes
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Welcome to Django 1.3 alpha 2!
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This is the second in a series of preview/development releases leading
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up to the eventual release of Django 1.3. This release is primarily
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targeted at developers who are interested in trying out new features
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and testing the Django codebase to help identify and resolve bugs
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prior to the final 1.3 release.
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As such, this release is *not* intended for production use, and any such use
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is discouraged.
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.. _new features: `What's new in Django 1.3 alpha 2`_
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.. _backwards incompatible changes: backwards-incompatible-changes-1.3-alpha-2_
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What's new in Django 1.3 alpha 2
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Further tweaks to the staticfiles app
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Django 1.3 ships with a new contrib app ``'django.contrib.staticfiles'``
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to help developers handle the static media files (images, CSS, Javascript,
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etc.) that are needed to render a complete web page.
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``staticfiles`` ships with the ability to automatically serve static files
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during development (if the :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True``) when using the
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:djadmin:`runserver` management command. Based on feedback from the
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community this release adds two new options to the ``runserver`` command
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to modify this behaviour:
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* ``--nostatic``: prevents the ``runserver`` command from serving files
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completely
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* ``--insecure``: enables serving of static files even if stupidly
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running in with :setting:`DEBUG` set to False
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See the :doc:`reference documentation of the app </ref/contrib/staticfiles>`
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for more details or learn how to :doc:`manage static files
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</howto/static-files>`.
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The Django 1.3 roadmap
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======================
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Before the final Django 1.3 release, several other preview/development
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releases will be made available. The current schedule consists of at
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least the following:
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* Week of **November 29, 2010**: First Django 1.3 beta release. Final
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feature freeze for Django 1.3.
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* Week of **January 10, 2011**: First Django 1.3 release
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candidate. String freeze for translations.
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* Week of **January 17, 2011**: Django 1.3 final release.
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If necessary, additional alpha, beta or release-candidate packages
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will be issued prior to the final 1.3 release. Django 1.3 will be
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released approximately one week after the final release candidate.
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What you can do to help
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=======================
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In order to provide a high-quality 1.3 release, we need your help. Although this
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alpha release is, again, *not* intended for production use, you can help the
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Django team by trying out the alpha codebase in a safe test environment and
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reporting any bugs or issues you encounter. The Django ticket tracker is the
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central place to search for open issues:
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* http://code.djangoproject.com/timeline
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Please open new tickets if no existing ticket corresponds to a problem you're
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running into.
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Additionally, discussion of Django development, including progress toward the
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1.3 release, takes place daily on the django-developers mailing list:
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* http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers
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... and in the ``#django-dev`` IRC channel on ``irc.freenode.net``. If you're
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interested in helping out with Django's development, feel free to join the
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discussions there.
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Django's online documentation also includes pointers on how to contribute to
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Django:
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* :doc:`How to contribute to Django </internals/contributing>`
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Contributions on any level -- developing code, writing documentation or simply
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triaging tickets and helping to test proposed bugfixes -- are always welcome and
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appreciated.
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Several development sprints will also be taking place before the 1.3
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release; these will typically be announced in advance on the
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django-developers mailing list, and anyone who wants to help is
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welcome to join in.
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