Congratulations Brian, and team On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Brian Rosner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey everyone — > > On behalf of the Pinax team and all contributors I am happy to announce the > availability of Pinax 0.9a1. This release sets the bar much higher and we're > only getting started. This is the first release of the 0.9 development line. > This alpha includes: > > * rebased starter projects for better consistency > * removed basic_profiles in favor of idios; solving "How do I add more > fields to the profile?" > * Pinax is a proper Python package and is installable via pip (no more > pinax-boot.py) > * removed mod_python support > * removed template_utils dependency in core Pinax (didn't need to be there) > * added new starter projects: zero, account, static and company (with more > to come) > * upgraded Django to 1.2 from 1.0 > * use django-mailer 0.2 development releases which include support for > Django e-mail backends > * removed PINAX_ROOT sys.path hack in projects (allowing Pinax to avoid > being leaky) > * nested group support > * various improvements to core apps > * improved password reset > * replaced django-wikiapp with django-wakawaka > > Some TODOs we have on our sights for future releases: > > * refactor of friends into separate apps and a new starter project for > sites with friendship relationships and invitations > * rebase social project on an upcoming friends project being worked on in > the > friends-refactor branch. > * improve settings > * clean up some of the apps in social project that aren't being maintained > * and much more... > > In future releases we'll continue to improve our CHANGELOG providing what > is new and updating of missing items. There *will* be some documentation > forth coming about how to migrate from 0.7.X to 0.9, but this work has not > begun yet. If you are running 0.7.X and would like to upgrade keep in mind > there are some backwards incompatibilities. You are welcome to start any > sort of document documenting these as you go and it will help us > tremendously. Also, don't be shy to ask on the mailing list or in IRC. > > A rough timeline without the time for 0.9 is as follows: > > * 0.9a2 > * 0.9b1 — hopefully only a single beta > * 0.9rc1 > * 0.9 final > > The recommended approach for getting Pinax is to use pip. Now that it is a > standard package you can install it however you like, but we do have some > getting started [1] guidelines for best practices. The downloads [2] page > will be undergoing some next within the next week to better work with the > new type of releases along with some new features on pinaxproject.com. > We'll keep you posted. > > If you find bugs please report them on CPC [3] and we'll take a look! > > Enjoy! > > [1]: http://pinaxproject.com/docs/dev/gettingstarted.html > [2]: http://pinaxproject.com/download/ > [3]: http://code.pinaxproject.com/ > > Brian Rosner > http://oebfare.com > http://twitter.com/brosner > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pinax Core Development" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<pinax-core-dev%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pinax-core-dev?hl=en. > > -- Dave Wilson Cell: 831 345 2284 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pinax Core Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pinax-core-dev?hl=en.
