Feb. 28, 2025

Django News - Wagtail 6.4.1 - Feb 28th 2025

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News

Introducing our new Terms of Service - The Python Package Index Blog

PyPI is formalizing its policies to help move forward with some new services.

pypi.org

Django Software Foundation

DSF Monthly Meeting Notes

A reminder that the DSF Board's monthly meeting notes are also available for anyone to see.

djangoproject.com

Steering Council Minutes

The new Django 6.x Steering Council has been meeting weekly this year and keeps a record of meeting notes.

github.com

Steering Council focus

The Django Steering Council has its own public Projects section on GitHub covering what it is up to.

github.com

Updates to Django

Today 'Updates to Django' is presented by Abigail Afi Gbadago from the DSF Board and Djangonaut Space!🚀

Last week we had 17 pull requests merged into Django by 11 different contributors - including 2 first-time contributors! Congratulations to Kairat Makym and Joonas Häkkinen for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board!🎉

Here are this week's Django Highlights:

Improper many-to-many count() and exists() functions for non-pk to_field have been fixed (coming in Django 5.1.7).
To avoid file corruption, previous files are truncated when overwriting files in FileSystemStorage (coming in Django 5.1.7).
The BaseConstraint._check() has been renamed to check() for constraints (coming in Django 6.0).
Django 5.2b1 is released!

Django Newsletter

Wagtail CMS

Wagtail 6.4.1

Wagtail 6.4.1 delivers several bug fixes and UI improvements, including error prevention with locale filtering, handling of UUID primary keys, enhanced navigation, updated documentation, and relaxed dependency version boundaries.

github.com

Articles

Fixing Django FieldError at /admin/accounts/customuser/add/

If you've been struggling with this error around custom user models, here is a description and quick fix.

learndjango.com

Lincoln Loop’s Commitment to Giving Back

Since 2011, Lincoln Loop has donated monthly proceeds to support nonprofits in healthcare, environmental conservation, education, and open-source initiatives, including Doctors Without Borders and Habitat for Humanity.

lincolnloop.com

On mentorship programs and internships · Better Simple

Explores how both internships and open source contributor programs uniquely strengthen and refine a developer’s skills, highlighting the distinct value each brings to the software engineering process.

better-simple.com

Which HTML element are you [Quiz]?

Discover which HTML element matches your style in this interactive 10-question quiz.

jamesg.blog

YOLO-squashing our Django repository

Buttondown's YOLO approach to speeding things up a bit.

jmduke.com

The reality of long-term software maintenance from the maintainer's perspective

Not strictly related to Django, but a well-written piece on maintenance and open-source work.

construct.net

End of an Era: Django Mailing List Moves to Web-Based Forum

The Django community is shifting its primary discussions from the traditional mailing list to a modern, web-based forum, offering developers a more structured and searchable environment while preserving its valuable historical archives.

robbi.my

What is OpenTelemetry and how to add it to your Django application

A step-by-step guide to connecting your Django app’s OpenTelemetry setup to an Elastic observability backend.

allthingsopen.org

Events

DjangoCon Europe Talk Schedule

DjangoCon Europe 2025’s schedule page showcases the upcoming lineup of talks, workshops, and lightning talks while providing detailed links on venue, participation, and sponsorship information.

djangocon.eu