Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-29 Thread Brett Parker
On 27 Aug 06:34, David Spreen wrote: Hello, the Django project will release their version 1.0 in the beginning of next week. I know that usually no new upstream versions are allowed into Lenny at this point. I wonder though if Django could be an exception. That'd involve asking the RMs - I

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-28 Thread Marc Fargas
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:06 AM, David Spreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just confirmed with the devel mailinglist that in the past they provide security support for the last two stable releases. It is therefore not such a strong argument. Depends on what timeline has Jacob (from

Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread David Spreen
Hello, the Django project will release their version 1.0 in the beginning of next week. I know that usually no new upstream versions are allowed into Lenny at this point. I wonder though if Django could be an exception. 1. Django has a significant Debian user-base (638 pop contest installations

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 04:05:18PM +0200, Ondrej Certik wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:34 PM, David Spreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, the Django project will release their version 1.0 in the beginning of next week. I know that usually no new upstream versions are allowed into

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hi David, I'm sorry, but I don't use django, but... On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 15:34, David Spreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me know what you think and how to best approach the release managers with this. ...I think that you have to simply explain to release team the situation, in the more

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread Marc Fargas
Hi, On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:34 PM, David Spreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the Django project will release their version 1.0 in the beginning of next week. Hope so! 2. It is unlikely that version 0.96 will receive ongoing security support from upstream for long after 1.0. I think it's the

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 27 août 2008 à 23:33 +0200, Marc Fargas a écrit : 3. Due to changes in the admin and form applications, Django 1.0 will be backwards incompatible with 0.96 and the old stable version's use in Debian might be questionable. That's the second super point, nobody will want 0.96 to

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le mercredi 27 août 2008 à 23:33 +0200, Marc Fargas a écrit : 3. Due to changes in the admin and form applications, Django 1.0 will be backwards incompatible with 0.96 and the old stable version's use in Debian

Re: Django 1.0 - Possibility of a freeze exception?

2008-08-27 Thread David Spreen
Hello, Marc Fargas wrote: Hi, On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:34 PM, David Spreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the Django project will release their version 1.0 in the beginning of next week. Hope so! I think it's the strongest argument for the Release Team, having a package that is