Django 1.7

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

Key changes to the new version

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

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 on the Habr .
You can download the new version here , it is also possible to install via pip install Django == 1.7.
Together with the 1.7 release, bug fixes for previous releases are also presented (versions 1.4.15 , 1.5.10 , 1.6.7 ).