The Django developer team has released first beta version of the upcoming Django 1.5 to give its users an advance peek on the changes of the new version. The beta 1 test is not for production use but it is functional and you can already use it for deploying new Django sites. Aside from the beta test, there will also alpha test and other beta version to come in the near future.
The main reason for the release of the beta test for 1.5 is for users to report bugs and contribute in fixing the bugs. The final release will be out in a couple of weeks, probably the end of this month so you have a couple of days to check it and test it before the final Django 1.5 is out for download.
The main changes of Django 1.5 that are present in the beta test is that it now requires a minimum of Python 2.6 and does not support Python 2.5 anymore. If you are still using Python 2.5 and have current projects on queue then maybe it’s a best thing to wait first before your project to get done before testing the beta or update your Python to 2.5. The beta test also supports 3.0 and above but in experimental mode so read the documentation first before installing and testing the beta release.
You can download the Django Beta 1.5 in the Django website.
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