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2 Third-party distributions of Django |
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5 Many third-party distributors are now providing versions of Django integrated |
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6 with their package-management systems. These can make installation and upgrading |
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7 much easier for users of Django since the integration includes the ability to |
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8 automatically install dependencies (like database adapters) that Django |
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11 Typically, these packages are based on the latest stable release of Django, so |
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12 if you want to use the development version of Django you'll need to follow the |
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13 instructions for :ref:`installing the development version |
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14 <installing-development-version>` from our Subversion repository. |
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16 If you're using Linux or a Unix installation, such as OpenSolaris, |
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17 check with your distributor to see if they already package Django. If |
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18 you're using a Linux distro and don't know how to find out if a package |
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19 is available, then now is a good time to learn. The Django Wiki contains |
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20 a list of `Third Party Distributions`_ to help you out. |
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22 .. _`Third Party Distributions`: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Distributions |
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25 For distributors |
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28 If you'd like to package Django for distribution, we'd be happy to help out! |
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29 Please join the `django-developers mailing list`_ and introduce yourself. |
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31 We also encourage all distributors to subscribe to the `django-announce mailing |
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32 list`_, which is a (very) low-traffic list for announcing new releases of Django |
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33 and important bugfixes. |
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35 .. _django-developers mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/ |
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36 .. _django-announce mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-announce/ |