Author: ubernostrum Date: 2008-08-27 06:49:42 -0500 (Wed, 27 Aug 2008) New Revision: 8622
Added: django/trunk/docs/releases/1.0-beta-2.txt Modified: django/trunk/docs/releases/index.txt Log: 1.0 beta 2 release notes Added: django/trunk/docs/releases/1.0-beta-2.txt =================================================================== --- django/trunk/docs/releases/1.0-beta-2.txt (rev 0) +++ django/trunk/docs/releases/1.0-beta-2.txt 2008-08-27 11:49:42 UTC (rev 8622) @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +.. _releases-1.0-beta-2: + +================================= +Django 1.0 beta 1 2 release notes +================================= + +Welcome to Django 1.0 beta 2! + +This is the fourth in a series of preview/development releases leading +up to the eventual release of Django 1.0, currently scheduled to take +place in early September 2008. This releases is primarily targeted at +developers who are interested in testing the Django codebase and +helping to identify and resolve bugs prior to the final 1.0 release. + +As such, this release is *not* intended for production use, and any +such use is discouraged. + +What's new in Django 1.0 beta 2 +=============================== + +Django's development trunk has been the site of nearly constant +activity over the past year, with several major new features landing +since the 0.96 release. For features which were new as of Django 1.0 +alpha 1, see :ref:`the 1.0 alpha 1 release notes +<releases-1.0-alpha-1>`. For features which were new as of Django 1.0 +alpha 2, see :ref:`the 1.0 alpha 2 release notes +<releases-1.0-alpha-2>`. For features which were new as of Django 1.0 +beta 1, see :ref:`the 1.0 beta 1 release notes <releases-1.0-beta>`. + +This beta release includes two major features: + +Refactored ``django.contrib.comments`` + As part of a Google Summer of Code project, Thejaswi Puthraya + carried out a major rewrite and refactoring of Django's bundled + comment system, greatly increasing its flexibility and + customizability. :ref:`Full documentation + <ref-contrib-comments-index>` is available, as well as :ref:`an + upgrade guide <ref-contrib-comments-upgrade>` if you were using + the previous incarnation of the comments application.. + +Refactored documentation + Django's bundled and online documentation has also been + significantly refactored; the new documentation system uses + `Sphinx`_ to build the docs and handle such niceties as topical + indexes, reference documentation and cross-references within the + docs. You can check out the new documentation `online`_ or, if you + have Sphinx installed, build the HTML yourself from the + documentation files bundled with Django. + +.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/ +.. _online: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ + +Along with these new features, the Django team has also been hard at +work polishing Django's codebase for the final 1.0 release; this beta +release contains a large number of smaller improvements and bugfixes +from the ongoing push to 1.0. + +Also, as part of its ongoing deprecation process, Django's old +form-handling system has been removed; this means ``django.oldforms`` +no longer exists, and its various API hooks (such as automatic +manipulators) are no longer present in Django. This system has been +completely replaced by :ref:`the new form-handling system +<topics-forms-index>` in ``django.forms``. + + +The Django 1.0 roadmap +====================== + +One of the primary goals of this beta release is to focus attention on +the remaining features to be implemented for Django 1.0, and on the +bugs that need to be resolved before the final release. As of this +beta release, Django is in its final "feature freeze" for 1.0; feature +requests will be deferred to later releases, and the development +effort will be focused solely on bug-fixing and stability. Django is +also now in a "string freeze"; translatable strings (labels, error +messages, etc.) in Django's codebase will not be changed prior to the +release, in order to allow our translators to produce the final 1.0 +version of Django's translation files. + +Following this release, we'll be conducting a final development sprint +on August 30, 2008, based in London and coordinated online; the goal +of this sprint will be to squash as many bugs as possible in +anticipation of the final 1.0 release, which is currently targeted for +**September 2, 2008**. The official Django 1.0 release party will take +place during the first-ever DjangoCon, to be held in Mountain View, +California, USA, September 6-7. + + +What you can do to help +======================= + +In order to provide a high-quality 1.0 release, we need your +help. Although this beta release is, again, *not* intended for +production use, you can help the Django team by trying out the beta +codebase in a safe test environment and reporting any bugs or issues +you encounter. The Django ticket tracker is the central place to +search for open issues: + + http://code.djangoproject.com/timeline + +Please open new tickets if no existing ticket corresponds to a problem +you're running into. + +Additionally, discussion of Django development, including progress +toward the 1.0 release, takes place daily on the django-developers +mailing list: + + http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers + +...and in the ``#django-dev`` IRC channel on ``irc.freenode.net``. If +you're interested in helping out with Django's development, feel free +to join the discussions there. + +Django's online documentation also includes pointers on how to +contribute to Django: + + http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/contributing/ + +Contributions on any level -- developing code, writing +documentation or simply triaging tickets and helping to test proposed +bugfixes -- are always welcome and appreciated. Modified: django/trunk/docs/releases/index.txt =================================================================== --- django/trunk/docs/releases/index.txt 2008-08-27 11:01:04 UTC (rev 8621) +++ django/trunk/docs/releases/index.txt 2008-08-27 11:49:42 UTC (rev 8622) @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ 1.0-alpha-1 1.0-alpha-2 1.0-beta + 1.0-beta-2 .. seealso:: @@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ official release, you should keep track of new pieces pointed there. 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