Predictions for future Django versions

Predictions for 1.4

To be removed

• Python 2.4 support

• Remaining single-db support

• Old style messages are going away

  • Don’t use django.contrib.auth.messages!
  • Use new messages (django.contrib.messages)

• Legacy auth backends are going away

See http://django.me/depreciation

Rampant Speculation

• Basic schema migration support
• Refactor and formalization of “apps”
• Improved ideas of what a “user” is
• Better hooks for monitoring, debugging, and metrics
• template compilation
• Better time zone support
• Python 3

Predictions for 1.5

Possible removals

• Python 2.5 support (2.6 is just plain faster)
• mod_python support (no more support, no way to download, just say no!!!)
• Removal of function based generic views
• Old-style url and ssi template tags