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Last call for DjangoCon US Hotel Reservations

Sept. 6, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

DjangoCon US 2023 is just about here! While the conference isn’t until Oct 16-20, we’re sharing this now because discounted hotel rooms are filling up fast and will go away entirely on September 15th. If you can’t make it in person this year, we also have online tickets: https://ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-2023. All talks will be available online via the LoudSwarm platform, so you won’t miss any action. We have eleven exclusive talks for our online attendees, so you get more content. Online ticke…

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2023 Django Developers Survey

Sept. 5, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

The DSF is once again partnering with JetBrains to run the 2023 Django Developers Survey. Please take a moment to fill it out. The survey is an important metric of Django usage and helps guide future technical and community decisions. The survey will be open until October 1st, 2023 Anywhere on Earth (AoE). After the survey is over, the aggregated results will be published. JetBrains will randomly choose 10 winners (from those who complete the survey in its entirety), who will each receive a $10…

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Django security releases issued: 4.2.5, 4.1.11, and 3.2.21

Sept. 4, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 4.2.5, Django 4.1.11, and Django 3.2.21. These releases addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2023-41164: Potential denial of service vulnerability in django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri() django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri() was subject to potential denial of service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters. Th…

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Django bugfix release: 4.2.4

Aug. 1, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Today we've issued the 4.2.4 bugfix release. The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E.

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PyCharm & DSF Campaign 2023

July 4, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

The Django Software Foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year is here! https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/promo/support-django/ Each year, our friends at JetBrains, the creators of PyCharm, run an incredible deal. You get a 30% discounted year of PyCharm, AND the DSF gets 100% of the proceeds. Plus, get one free month of access to JetBrains Academy, which has courses like Intro to Django, SQL, Git, and more! The fundraiser runs from July 3rd-July 23rd! Buy PyCharm and support Django! Do…

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Django security releases issued: 4.2.3, 4.1.10, and 3.2.20

July 3, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 4.2.3, Django 4.1.10, and Django 3.2.20. These releases addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2023-36053: Potential regular expression denial of service vulnerability in EmailValidator/URLValidator EmailValidator and URLValidator were subject to potential regular expression denial of service attack via a very large number of domain name l…

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Django bugfix release: 4.2.2

June 5, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Today we've issued the 4.2.2 bugfix release. The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E.

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Django 5.x Steering Council Election Results

May 16, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

The Steering Council for the Django 5.x release cycle will be: Simon Charette Andrew Godwin Adam Johnson James Bennett Congratulations to the new council, and a special thank you for the departing members Thomas Forbes and Florian Apolloner. Thank you to everyone who participated in the nominations and voting. Voting breakdown: 268 eligible voters 74 votes received There were not enough candidates to fill the positions available, so all candidates were successful. Full voting breakdown avai…

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May 2023 Grants

May 16, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

I wanted to share today some of the great things that DSF donations go towards. This month was a particularly big month in grant approval, so I wanted to highlight some of those, and with it, some of the exciting things happening in the Django community. $6,000 to DjangoCon Africa The first DjangoCon Africa was scheduled to take place in 2020. However, with the global health situation as it was, 2023 is now the inaugural DjangoCon Africa, and the DSF is excited to be part of that. This gra…

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Announcing DjangoCon Africa 2023

May 10, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

The African Django community is excited to announce the first DjangoCon Africa event, taking place this year in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 6th - 11th November 2023. The first event since the global pandemic postponed our planning in 2020. We are thrilled to convene, support one another and give back to the African Python web community now that travel and health safety guidelines have normalized. DjangoCon Africa 2023 will be held at the State University of Zanzibar where we have three meeting r…

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