July 1, 2026 » Matthias Kestenholz » [Archived Version]
Weeknotes (2026 week 27) The last entry in this series was published 10 weeks ago so it really is time for another review of the releases I did during this time. Releases feincms3-forms The feincms3-forms forms builder has gained a documentation page on the wonderful Read the Docs service. The 0.6.1 release doesn’t contain any code changes, just pyproject.toml updates and the mentioned documentation rework. django-imagefield django-imagefield 0.23 is still in alpha. The handling of image fields…
Read MoreJune 30, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The Django community runs on volunteer effort spread across several different groups of people. Most of it is public, but it isn't always easy to find. Here are the public places to find it: Weekly DSF Office Hours (website) DSF Board updates (website, GitHub repo) Steering Council (forum thread, GitHub repo) Website Working Group (forum thread) Online Community Working Group (forum thread) Django Fellow Reports (Jacob, Natalia, Sarah) DSF Office Hours Most of these are places to read and fol…
Read MoreJune 29, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
For June 2026, we welcome Salim Nuru as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Salim was a Djangonaut Space participant in the first session. He has been an organizer of the DjangoCon Africa conference. He is currently the chair of the DjangoCon US website team. He a DSF member since October 2024. He is looking for new opportunities! You can learn more about Salim by visiting Salim's blog and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Salim better! Can you tell us a little about yoursel…
Read MoreJune 26, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A review of Noah Kantrowitz's DjangoCon US talk on doing more things within Django, avoiding external services.
Read MoreJune 25, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Why the DSF pursued CNA status Django has a long history of responsible security practices: a dedicated, private security mailing list, clear advisory policies, and predictable security releases. Even so, we relied on external organizations to assign CVE IDs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). This sometimes introduced administrative delays and extra coordination overhead. Becoming a CNA (CVE Numbering Authority) allows the DSF to: Assign CVEs ourselves for vulnerabilities in Django and se…
Read MoreJune 24, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Django 6.1 beta 1 is now available. It represents the second stage in the 6.1 release cycle and is an opportunity to try out the changes coming in Django 6.1. Django 6.1 offers a harmonious mélange of new features and usability improvements, which you can read about in the in-development 6.1 release notes. Only bugs in new features and regressions from earlier Django versions will be fixed between now and the 6.1 final release. Translations will be updated following the "string freeze", which o…
Read MoreJune 19, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
## News Announcing the Search for a DSF Executive Director The Django Software Foundation is hiring its first Executive Director, and we have the Django community to thank for making it possible. Six Django web development agencies have jointly pledged $47,500 to help fund the Executive Director's first year: Caktus Group, Lincoln Loop, Six Feet Up, Cuttlesoft, OddBird, and Two Rock. This is the financial foundation we needed to move from "we should hire an ED someday" to "we are hiring an ED n…
Read MoreJune 17, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The Django Software Foundation is hiring its first Executive Director, and we have the Django community to thank for making it possible. Six Django web development agencies have jointly pledged $47,500 to help fund the Executive Director's first year: Caktus Group, Lincoln Loop, Six Feet Up, Cuttlesoft, OddBird, and Two Rock. This is the financial foundation we needed to move from "we should hire an ED someday" to "we are hiring an ED now." Why This Role Matters The DSF has grown significantly …
Read MoreJune 17, 2026 » Matthias Kestenholz » [Archived Version]
The 2026 way of using importmaps in Django I last wrote about Django, JavaScript modules and importmaps in May 2025, slightly over a year ago. The main topic of this post is the django-js-asset 4.0 release. The library is used in many places, some of the more well-known packages using it are django-mptt and django-ckeditor. I have since done a lot of work evolving the ways of integrating importmaps but the efforts to standardize upon an approach have stalled a bit. The main reason for this, apa…
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