Django 1.7

After almost a year of development, the long-awaited release of Django 1.7 has been released.

Key changes in the new version

• Discontinued Python 2.6 support.
• Added support for migrations directly to the framework itself. Here you can see the instructions for the transition from South.
• Reworked application loading mechanism. Now models.py is optional.
• Changes to the Field API, in particular, added the mandatory deconstruct () method to support migrations.
• Added the ability to call QuerySet directly from the manager. Also now you can specify the necessary manager when using the connection between the models.
• A new system for checking the project and diagnosing errors, instead of validate added the check command.

A complete list of changes to this release can be found here , you can also read an article about the innovations of Django 1.7 in the Habré .
Download the new version here , it is also possible to install via pip install Django == 1.7
Along with release 1.7, bugfixes for previous releases are also presented (versions 1.4.15 , 1.5.10 , 1.6.7 ).