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.. _misc-api-stability:
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API stability
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=============
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Although Django has not reached a 1.0 release, the bulk of Django's public APIs are
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stable as of the 0.95 release. This document explains which APIs will and will not
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change before the 1.0 release.
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What "stable" means
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===================
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In this context, stable means:
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- All the public APIs -- everything documented in the linked documents, and
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all methods that don't begin with an underscore -- will not be moved or
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renamed without providing backwards-compatible aliases.
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- If new features are added to these APIs -- which is quite possible --
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they will not break or change the meaning of existing methods. In other
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words, "stable" does not (necessarily) mean "complete."
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- If, for some reason, an API declared stable must be removed or replaced, it
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will be declared deprecated but will remain in the API until at least
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version 1.1. Warnings will be issued when the deprecated method is
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called.
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- We'll only break backwards compatibility of these APIs if a bug or
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security hole makes it completely unavoidable.
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Stable APIs
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===========
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These APIs are stable:
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- :ref:`Caching <topics-cache>`.
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- :ref:`Custom template tags and libraries <howto-custom-template-tags>`.
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- :ref:`Database lookup <topics-db-queries>` (with the exception of validation; see below).
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- :ref:`django-admin utility <ref-django-admin>`.
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- :ref:`FastCGI and mod_python integration <howto-deployment-index>`.
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- :ref:`Flatpages <ref-contrib-flatpages>`.
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- :ref:`Generic views <topics-http-generic-views>`.
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- :ref:`Internationalization <topics-i18n>`.
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- :ref:`Legacy database integration <howto-legacy-databases>`.
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- :ref:`Model definition <topics-db-models>` (with the exception of generic relations; see below).
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- :ref:`Redirects <ref-contrib-redirects>`.
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- :ref:`Request/response objects <ref-request-response>`.
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- :ref:`Sending e-mail <topics-email>`.
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- :ref:`Sessions <topics-http-sessions>`.
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- :ref:`Settings <topics-settings>`.
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- :ref:`Syndication <ref-contrib-syndication>`.
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- :ref:`Template language <topics-templates>` (with the exception of some
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possible disambiguation of how tag arguments are passed to tags and
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filters).
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- :ref:`Transactions <topics-db-transactions>`.
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- :ref:`URL dispatch <topics-http-urls>`.
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You'll notice that this list comprises the bulk of Django's APIs. That's right
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-- most of the changes planned between now and Django 1.0 are either under the
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hood, feature additions, or changes to a few select bits. A good estimate is
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that 90% of Django can be considered forwards-compatible at this point.
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That said, these APIs should *not* be considered stable, and are likely to
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change:
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- :ref:`Serialization <topics-serialization>` is under development; changes
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are possible.
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- Generic relations will most likely be moved out of core and into the
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content-types contrib package to avoid core dependencies on optional
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components.
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**New in development version**: this has now been done.
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- The comments framework, which is yet undocumented, will get a complete
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rewrite before Django 1.0.
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