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1.0 Release

The long awaited version 1.0 of Django is set for release early in September this year (2008).  Looks like all the features that they would like to include need to be in by the August feeze date if they wish to be in the 1.0 release.

Check it out: http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/jun/16/save-the-date/

Django Software Foundation

Django also seems ready to join the ranks of Mozilla, Apache and Linux soon.  That is, they will be starting a nonprofit organization to oversee the project.  There are no real details on this yet.

Check it out: http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/jun/17/foundation/

All in all… this is great news