See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/git/#other-branches and also https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/release-process/#bug-fix-releases
The short version is that stable/* branches only receive "critical" backports: security fixes, crashers/data-loss bugs, and occasionally regressions if they're considered "serious" enough. But that's it; we simply don't have the bandwidth to backport everything that we "could" backport. Jacob On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Yo-Yo Ma <[email protected]> wrote: > The commit > https://github.com/django/django/commit/2f121dfe635b3f497fe1fe03bc8eb97cdf5083b3 > fixed a problem where a custom regex validator's customized message was > ignored, in favor of the one set on the class (you just see "Please enter a > valid value"). > > If I pip install the latest master, the problem is of course fixed. If I pip > install stable/1.5.x, the problem persists. > > I searched the docs for info about using the stable/1.x.x branches, but > couldn't find anything, so I wanted to ask: > > 1) Is doing so considered safe (e.g., for production usage), since they're > "stable"? > 2) What is the policy or lag time for getting commits such as the > aforementioned bug-fix into these stable branches? > 3) Are there docs for this, and if not, should there be an entry on > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/install/? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
