On 4/21/06, Adrian Holovaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > At this point, Django's magic-removal branch is stable enough that > we're ready to begin the merging process. I've been running the branch > on chicagocrime.org for a couple of weeks with no problems. As of > right now, Jacob and I are freezing feature additions to the branch > and concentrating on fixing any remaining bugs and -- more importantly > -- updating ALL of the documentation. Documentation is one of Django's > strongest selling points, and we don't want to risk having inaccurate > docs. > > So this e-mail is a call for all interested parties to start using the > magic-removal branch (if you're not already), poking around at it and > reporting any bugs you find. We're removing the "for developers only" > designation and encouraging anyone and everyone to test it. Consider > it a pre-release status. > > Note I said "reporting any bugs" -- not reporting features you want to > see, or lamenting the lack of features you thought magic-removal would > solve but doesn't. (I've noticed people have the tendency to shrug > things off as, "Oh, that'll be fixed in magic-removal." That thinking > is understandable, given the long time the branch has been around, but > it's inaccurate.) > > Specifically, here are some things that still haven't been solved in > magic-removal -- and won't be, for the merge: > > * Model subclassing. We'll deal with this after the merge. > > * Validation-aware models. We'll deal with this after the merge. > Automatically-generated manipulators are still around at this point. > > * Ajax in Django (Dojo integration). We'll deal with this after the merge. > > Please hold off on reporting problems with the docs that obviously > still haven't been converted to magic-removal. And, yes, the tutorial > is being rewritten and not finished yet -- no need to file a ticket on > that. We know! :) > > Timeline: Let's aim for a merge on next Friday, April 28. That should > give us enough time to work on documentation and iron out last-minute > bugs. > > This page has all you need to know about the magic-removal branch: > > http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/RemovingTheMagic > > Please feel free to ask questions on the django-developers mailing list. > > Adrian >
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