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The release notes can be found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/releases/1.6/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/releases/1.6/ Personally, I'm happy

The release notes can be found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/releases/1.6/ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/releases/1.6/ Personally, I'm happy that Python 3 is now officially supported, though in practice I haven't had an issues with using Django 1.5 with Python 3.

speg 13y ago
How is library support? I didn't have any issues with django 1.5 itself, but many of my favorite libraries weren't ready yet.
- pydanny 13y ago
  Django Packages lists 160 apps that work with Python 3. See https://www.djangopackages.com/python3/ https://www.djangopackages.com/python3/ From personal experience, most of the critical ones are compatible.
  - kot-behemoth 13y ago
    Well, apart from Fabric.
    - pydanny 13y ago
      Fabric isn't part of Django. There is nothing specific about Django in Fabric. In fact, the vast majority of my deployments do not use Fabric.
      - codonaut 13y ago
        Do you use something in place of Fabric?
        commixon 13y ago
        Paramiko could be a good example i think...
        mixmastamyk 13y ago
        I was thinking something more like ansible. Of course I'm partial to my new pave project: https://bitbucket.org/mixmastamyk/pave https://bitbucket.org/mixmastamyk/pave It is based on fabric, and uses a yaml file to automate it.
        tutuca 13y ago
        No, no, fabric uses paramiko as the ssh abstraction layer.
      - kot-behemoth 13y ago
        I am aware of that, but I still consider it one of my favorite libraries, and thought it would be useful to mention that it's not yet py3k-ready. I can imagine quite a few people might depend on it. What are you using instead?
    - jacobian 13y ago
      You may want to check out Invoke (https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke); https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke); it's the successor to Fabric, and it's Python 3 compatible.
      - mh- 13y ago
        HN appended that link: https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke
      - twsted 13y ago
        For what I can see, Invoke is just a revamped version of Fabric’s task running components. Fabric 2.0 will "leverage Invoke for task running, leaving Fabric itself much more library oriented".
    - calpaterson 13y ago
      Fabric is on the way. Paramiko, the ssh library underlying Fabric, now has a Python 3 PR for which all tests pass: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/pull/233 https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/pull/233
    - mahmoudhossam 13y ago
      And reportlab
      - ris 13y ago
        Last I looked reportlab doesn't even use new-style classes.
  - jemeshsu 13y ago
    Boto (using SES for email) is main one. And supervisord if you want to keep your deployment Python 3 only.
    - pydanny 13y ago
      https://github.com/boto/boto3 https://github.com/boto/boto3 Still in progress, but there you go.
    - mayhew 13y ago
      Circus is Python 3 compatible if people are looking for an alternative to supervisor. There's always the option of just using Upstart or systemd as well.
      - yeukhon 13y ago
        Circus looks huge and doesn't appeal for one or two apps. I do however wish to experiment with circus at some point. Do you have any comparison to make, assuming you have used both? Or anyone out there? Thanks
  - collyw 13y ago
    I think the MySQL one might be quite a big one for many people. I know Postgress is better (South tells me every time the migration doesn´t work) but for converting older projects it definitely going to be useful.
- valtron 13y ago
  Here's a useful site showing Py3 support for packages: https://python3wos.appspot.com https://python3wos.appspot.com
- collyw 13y ago
  The standard MySQL driver wasn´t working the other day when I tried. That might be quite a big one for some people. I saw you could apply a patch, but I didn´t get round to trying yet.
  - 47 13y ago
    Alpha release of Oracle MySQL Connector/Python http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/ http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/ actually works with Django 1.5+ and Python3. But you will be on the bleeding edge if you put it in production.
  - valtron 13y ago
    You could also try this: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyMySQL https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyMySQL

speg 13y ago

How is library support? I didn't have any issues with django 1.5 itself, but many of my favorite libraries weren't ready yet.

pydanny 13y ago
Django Packages lists 160 apps that work with Python 3. See https://www.djangopackages.com/python3/ https://www.djangopackages.com/python3/ From personal experience, most of the critical ones are compatible.
- kot-behemoth 13y ago
  Well, apart from Fabric.
  - pydanny 13y ago
    Fabric isn't part of Django. There is nothing specific about Django in Fabric. In fact, the vast majority of my deployments do not use Fabric.
    - codonaut 13y ago
      Do you use something in place of Fabric?
      - commixon 13y ago
        Paramiko could be a good example i think...
        mixmastamyk 13y ago
        I was thinking something more like ansible. Of course I'm partial to my new pave project: https://bitbucket.org/mixmastamyk/pave https://bitbucket.org/mixmastamyk/pave It is based on fabric, and uses a yaml file to automate it.
        tutuca 13y ago
        No, no, fabric uses paramiko as the ssh abstraction layer.
    - kot-behemoth 13y ago
      I am aware of that, but I still consider it one of my favorite libraries, and thought it would be useful to mention that it's not yet py3k-ready. I can imagine quite a few people might depend on it. What are you using instead?
  - jacobian 13y ago
    You may want to check out Invoke (https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke); https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke); it's the successor to Fabric, and it's Python 3 compatible.
    - mh- 13y ago
      HN appended that link: https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke
    - twsted 13y ago
      For what I can see, Invoke is just a revamped version of Fabric’s task running components. Fabric 2.0 will "leverage Invoke for task running, leaving Fabric itself much more library oriented".
  - calpaterson 13y ago
    Fabric is on the way. Paramiko, the ssh library underlying Fabric, now has a Python 3 PR for which all tests pass: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/pull/233 https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/pull/233
  - mahmoudhossam 13y ago
    And reportlab
    - ris 13y ago
      Last I looked reportlab doesn't even use new-style classes.
- jemeshsu 13y ago
  Boto (using SES for email) is main one. And supervisord if you want to keep your deployment Python 3 only.
  - pydanny 13y ago
    https://github.com/boto/boto3 https://github.com/boto/boto3 Still in progress, but there you go.
  - mayhew 13y ago
    Circus is Python 3 compatible if people are looking for an alternative to supervisor. There's always the option of just using Upstart or systemd as well.
    - yeukhon 13y ago
      Circus looks huge and doesn't appeal for one or two apps. I do however wish to experiment with circus at some point. Do you have any comparison to make, assuming you have used both? Or anyone out there? Thanks
- collyw 13y ago
  I think the MySQL one might be quite a big one for many people. I know Postgress is better (South tells me every time the migration doesn´t work) but for converting older projects it definitely going to be useful.
valtron 13y ago
Here's a useful site showing Py3 support for packages: https://python3wos.appspot.com https://python3wos.appspot.com
collyw 13y ago
The standard MySQL driver wasn´t working the other day when I tried. That might be quite a big one for some people. I saw you could apply a patch, but I didn´t get round to trying yet.
- 47 13y ago
  Alpha release of Oracle MySQL Connector/Python http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/ http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/ actually works with Django 1.5+ and Python3. But you will be on the bleeding edge if you put it in production.
- valtron 13y ago
  You could also try this: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyMySQL https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyMySQL