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Django News - Django 5.x Technical Board Candidate Registration - Apr 28th 2023

April 28, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django 5.x Technical Board Candidate Registration - Update An update on candidates for the Django Technical Board. djangoproject.com Introducing Python Package Index Organizations The Python Package Index (PyPI) adds Organizations. pypi.org urllib3 v2.0.0 is now generally available urllib3 is the most installed Python package of all time and, after 12 years, has finally moved from v1.0 to v2.0. …

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Python Exercises and Behind the Scenes - Building SaaS with Python and Django #159

April 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we covered more intro Python exercises from Exercism. Then I did some behind the scenes work to make some improvements to my stream content.

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Python Exercises and Behind the Scenes - Building SaaS #159

April 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we covered more intro Python exercises from Exercism. Then I did some behind the scenes work to make some improvements to my stream content.

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Upgrade PostgreSQL from 14 to 15 on Ubuntu 23.04

April 26, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]

Howto guide for upgrading PostgreSQL from version 14 to 15 on Ubuntu, after its upgrade from version 22.10 to 23.04 (Lunar Lobster).

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The value of "small" contributions

April 25, 2023 » django-simple-deploy - Mostly Python » [Archived Version]

MP #25: In appreciation of first-time open source contributors.

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The first retirement project

April 23, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]

The week that was 2023 WK16. After a couple of weeks of Post-Fellowing Holiday to myself — and handling only the new notifications on anything that isn’t django/django, and even having capacity to engage on the Forum — time to get back to it. Introducing Neapolitan The first retirement project then is Neapolitan, my take on quick CRUD views for Django. The README example is the core of it… I have a Django model: from django.db import models class Bookmark(models.Model): url = models.URL…

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Django's upcoming steering council elections

April 23, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]

The Django 5.x Steering Council Candidate Registration is now open. The official announcement is here In contrast to previous runs, more or less, if you’re an active member of the Django community then you’re qualified to stand. There have been two such elections since the governance was changed in DEP 10. In both of those we had candidate pools of entirely white men. Nothing wrong with those people 🥰 — but that’s not Django Much social capital was spent adjusting the rules in DEP 12 to al…

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Django 5.x Steering Council Candidate Registration

April 23, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

With the completion of the Django 4.x major release cycle and in accordance with DEP-0010 and DEP-0012, it is now time to collect candidates for the Django Steering Council. Steering council candidates must demonstrate: A history of substantive contributions to Django or the Django ecosystem. This history must begin at least 18 months prior to the individual's candidacy for the Steering Council, and include substantive contributions in at least two of these bullet points: Code contributions on…

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PyCon US 2023

April 22, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]

PyCon US is the largest and longest-running annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language.

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Django 5.x Technical Board Candidate Registration

April 22, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Please note: this post has been retracted, with https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/apr/22/steering-council-candidate-registration/ replacing it. The candidacy requirements were updated in DEP-0012, along with the name of the group from "Technical Board" to "Steering Council". --- With the completion of the Django 4.x major release cycle and in accordance with DEP-0010, it is now time to collect candidates for the Django Technical Board. Technical board candidates must demonstrate: A his…

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