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8th August 2008 - Link Blog

Django 1.0 alpha 2 release notes (via) The last preview release before the 1.0 beta. Big new features are GeoDjango, pluggable file storage (which went in earlier today) and Jython compatibility. The beta is scheduled for August 14th.

Posted 8th August 2008 at 11:57 pm

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