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Django 1.7 drops support for python 2.6 [1], so until OpenStack drops
support for 2.6 which is slated for Kilo, Horizon is unfortunately capped
at < 1.7.

David

[1] 
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.7/#python-compatibility



On 7/23/14, 4:56 AM, "Thomas Goirand" <zigo at debian.org> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The Debian maintainer of python-django would like to upgrade to version
>1.7. He asked, in multiple bug reports, to check for Django 1.7
>compatibility. I have the following python modules and bug reports:
>
>https://bugs.debian.org/755613 python-django-appconf
>https://bugs.debian.org/755622 python-django-compressor
>https://bugs.debian.org/755628 python-django-pyscss
>https://bugs.debian.org/755641 python-django-discover-runner
>https://bugs.debian.org/755646 python-django-openstack-auth
>https://bugs.debian.org/755651 horizon
>https://bugs.debian.org/755654 tuskar-ui
>https://bugs.debian.org/755656 python-django-bootstrap-form
>
>First, does anyone know if Django 1.7 is an issue with any of the above
>packages? If there are effectively issues, is there currently any plan
>to fix it?
>
>Ideally, I would like all of the above packages to be able to run with
>Django 1.7 in Icehouse. I don't expect upstream OpenStack to actually do
>the backporting to Icehouse, but if it gets in trunk, I'd be happy to do
>the work for backporting.
>
>If it's considered a bad idea to fix Django 1.7 compatibility in
>stable/icehouse, then I don't mind keeping the patches as Debian
>specific. However, I will *not* have the time to either investigate the
>issue, or do the work (I'm busy enough with packaging all of OpenStack
>and its dependencies in Debian). Also, I don't think I have enough
>expertise myself to work on this: just "testing" wouldn't be enough,
>IMO, someone with an extensive Django experience needs to work on this.
>
>So, I NEED HELP HERE! :)
>Thoughts, comments, or whatever else is welcome! [1]
>
>Cheers,
>
>Thomas Goirand (zigo)
>
>[1] but discussing how upgrading to Django 1.7 would be difficult isn't:
>that's counter productive, not going forward, and not solving any problem.
>
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