Django News - Django bugfix release issued: 5.1.3 - Nov 8th 2024
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Django bugfix release issued: 5.1.3
The Django 5.1.3 update fixes three bugs in 5.1.2 and adds compatibility with Python 3.13.
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Last week we had 19 pull requests merged into Django by 14 different contributors - including 6 first-time contributors!🎉
Congratulations to Anthony Joseph🚀, Johanan Oppong Amoateng🚀, Peter Ruszel, Maria Hynes🚀, Soyoung Kang🚀 and maddrum for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board!
Coming in Django 5.2
- Support has been added for MEMORY/SERIALIZE option to QuerySet.explain() on PostgreSQL 17+
- Missing alters_data=True has been added to QuerySet and UserManager methods
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